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Carriers Act, 1865 Section 2

Title: Interpretation Clause

State: Central

Year: 1865

In this Act, unless there be something repugnant in the subject or context, -- "common carrier" denotes a person, other than the Government, engaged in the business of 1 [transporting property under multinodal transport document or of] transporting for his re property from place to place, by land or inland navigation, forall persons indiscriminately; "person" includes any association or body of persons, whether incorporated or not. ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 28 of 1993, section 31 and Schedule, Pt. I (c.f.o. 16-10-1992)

Saarc Convention (Suppression of Terrorism) Act, 1993 Schedule 1

Title: The Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....laws, so as to ensure his presence for purposes of extradition or prosecution. Such measures shall immediately be notified to the requested State. ARTICLE VII Contracting State shall not be obliged to extradite, if it appears to the requested State that by reason of the trivial nature of the case or by reason of the request for the surrender or return of a fugitive offender not being made in good faith or in the interests of justice or for any other reason it is unjust or inexpedient to surrender or return the fugitive offender. ARTICLE VIII 1. Contracting States shall, subject to their national laws, afford one another the greatest measure of mutual assistance in connection with proceedings brought in respect of the offences referred to in Art. I or agreed to in terms of the Art. II, including the supply of all evidence at their disposal necessary for the proceedings. 2. Contracting States shall cooperate among themselves, to the extent permitted by their national laws, through consultations between appropriate agencies, exchange of information, intelligence and expertise and such other cooperative measures as may be appropriate, with a view to preventing terroristic.....

Carriers Act, 1865 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1865

.....from responsibility is desirable or was intended. If. however, the word "only" be supplied after "anwerable" in the last line but three of the extract from the Railways Actas printed above, the Section becomes intelligible. It limits the liability of Railways Companies to the consequences of gross negligence or misconduct on the part of their agents or servants but declares that from this liability so limited they shall not be allowed to relieve themselves by any kind of contract. There cannot indeed be much doubt that the intention of the Legislature was to place all Railway Companies in what was once supposed to be the exact position of a carrier who had contracted for himself as favourably as the law of England would permit. It was, in fact. long supposed in England that. while a carrier could by contract relieve himself from most of his liabilities, his power of doing so slopped short of liability for negligence or misconduct. Such is the view of the law taken by Mr.Justice Storey in his "Commentaries on the Law of Bailnients" section 549. and such is under stood to be still the law in America. But a series of decisions in the English Courts overturned the older doctrine,.....

ELEPHANTS' PRESERVATION ACT, 1879 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1879

.....or upon, or in the immediate vicinity of, any main public road or any railway or canal; or (c) as permitted by a licence granted under this Act. SECTION 04: RIGHTS OF GOVERNMENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ELEPHANTS AND TUSKS Every wild elephant captured, and the tusks of every wild elephant killed, by any person not licensed under this Act, shall be the property of Government.] SECTION 05: LICENSE TO KILL AND CAPTURE WILD ELEPHANTS - The Collector or deputy Commissioner of any district may, subject to such rules as may for the time being be in force under this Act, grant licences to kill, or to capture, or to kill and capture, wild elephants in such district: Provided that no such licence shall authorize any person to enter upon any land without the consent of the owner or occupier thereof. SECTION 06: POWER OF STATE GOVERNMENT TO DECLARE WHAT ARE MAIN ROADS AND CANALS, AND TO MAKE RULES AS TO LICENCES The State Government may from time to time 8[* * *] declare what shall be deemed to be main public roads and canals within the meaning of this Act, and make rules consistent with this Act for regulating - (a) the grant and renewal of licences under this Act; (b) the fees.....

Saarc Convention (Suppression of Terrorism) Act, 1993 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....agreed that co-operation among SAARC States was vital if terrorism was to be prevented and eliminated from the region; unequivocally condemned all acts, methods and practices of terrorism as criminal and deplored their impact on life and property, socio- economic development, political stability, regional and international peace and cooperation; and recognised the importance of the principles laid down in UN Resolution 262(XXV) which among others required that each State should refrain from organising, instigating, assisting or participating in acts of civil strife or terrorist acts' in another State or acquiescing in organised activities within its territory directed towards the commission of such acts; Aware of the danger posed by the spread of terrorism and its harmful effect on peace, cooperation, friendship and good neighbourly relations and which could also jeopardise the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States; Have resolved to take effective measures to ensure that perpetrators of terroristic acts do not escape prosecution and punishment by providing for their extradition or prosecution, and to this end; Have agreed as follows:-ARTICLE 1-Subject to the overall.....

Banking Regulation Act, 1949 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1949

.....on 19-9-1949. This Act now incorporates the provisions contained therein in the Banking Companies Act. 1949 as a pernabebt basis, in addition. this Act also amends the said Act for the following purposes :- (a) to incorporate special provisions for facilitating quick amalgamations between banking companies: (b) to empower the Reserve Bank to control opening of branches by Indian banks in foreign countries: (c) to provide a meaning of the terms "assets in India" for the purpose of section 25.-Gaz. of Ind.. 24-12-1949. Pt. V. p:501. Act 52 of 1953.- The Banking Companies Act. 1949 (X of 1949) was passed to ensure proper administration of the banking companies in India. The liquidation of banks, however, continued to be governed by the provisions of the Indian Companies Act, 1913. Experience of the liquidation of a large number of banks that failed during the post-war and post-partition period disclosed that the procedure for the liquidation of joint stock companies was totally inadequate for the liquidation of banking companies in a manner satisfactory to the depositors. A bank has a far larger number of debtors than a joint stock company of a comparable size, and the necessity to.....