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Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) Section 18

Title: Removal of Trees Interrupting Telegraphic Communication

State: Central

Year: 1885

(1) If any tree standing or lying near a telegraph line interrupts, or is likely to interrupt, telegraphic communication, a Magistrate of the first or second class may, on the application of the telegraph authority, cause the tree to be removed or dealt with in such other way as he deems fit. (2) When disposing of an application under sub-section (1), the Magistrate shall, in the case of any tree in existence before the telegraph line was placed, award to the persons interested in the tree such compensation as he thinks reasonable, and the award shall be final.

Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, I873 Section 11

Title: Abatement of Rent on Interruption of Water Supply

State: Central

Year: 1873

Every tenant holding under an unexpired lease, or having right of occupancy, who is in occupation of any land at the time when any stoppage or diminution of water-supply, in respect of which compensation is allowed under section 8, takes place, may claim an abatement of the rent previously payable by him for the said land, on the ground that the interruption reduces the value of the holding..

Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 Section 8A

Title: Inquiry Not to Be Interrupted by Reason of Vacancy or Change in the Constitution of the Commission

State: Central

Year: 1952

1[8A. Inquiry not to be interrupted by reason of vacancy or change in the constitution of the Commission (1) Where the Commission consists of two or more members, it may act notwithstanding the absence of the Chariman or any other member or any vacancy among its members. (2) Where during the course of an inquiry before a Commission, a change has taken place in the constitution of the Commission by reason of any vacancy having, been filed or by any other reason, it shall not be necessary for the Commission to commence the inquiry a fresh and the inquiry may be continued from the stage at which the change took place. ______________________ 1 . Inserted by Act 79 of 1971, section 12.

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 228

Title: Intentional Insult or Interruption to Public Servant Sitting in Judicial Proceeding

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever intentionally offers any insult, or causes any interruption to any public servant, while such public servant is sitting in any stage of a judicial proceeding, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. STATE AMENDMENTS 1Andhra Pradesh: In Andhra Pradesh offence under section 228 is cognizable. ________________ 1. [Vide A.P.G.O. Ms. No. 732 , dated 5 - 12 - 1991 ].

Fire Force Act, 1964 Section 35

Title: No Compensation for Interruption of Water Supply

State: Karnataka

Year: 1964

No authority in charge of water supply in an area shall be liable to any claim for compensation for damage by reason of any interruption of supply of water occasioned only by compliance of such authority with the requirement specified in clause (d) of section 10.

Lokayukta Act, 1984 Section 17

Title: Intentional Insult or Interruption to or Bringing into Disrepute the Lokayukta or Upalokayukta

State: Karnataka

Year: 1984

.....with both. (2) Whoever, by words spoken or intended to be read, makes or publishes any statement or does any other act, which is calculated to bring the Lokayukta or an Upalokayukta into disrepute, shall, on conviction, be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but may extend to one year or with fine, or with both. (3) The provisions of section 199 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, shall apply in relation to an offence under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) as they apply in relation to an offence referred to in sub-section (1) of the said section 199, subject to the modification that no complaint in respect of such offence shall be made by the Public Prosecutor except with the previous sanction of the Lokayukta or the concerned Upalokayukta: (4) The Court may for any adequate and special reasons to be mentioned in the judgment impose a lesser sentence of imprisonment and fine.

Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1980

..... (7) "building of the warehouse class" means a building, the whole or a substantial part of which is used, or intended to be used, as a warehouse, factory, manufactory, brewery, or distillery, or for any similar purpose, which is neither a "domestic building" nor a "public building" as defined in this section, and includes a hut used or intended to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in this clause; (8) "bustee" means an area containing land not less than seven hundred square metres in area occupied by or for the purposes of any collection of huts or other structures used or intended to be used for human habitation. Explanation.-If any question arises as to whether any particular area is or is not a bustee, the Corporation shall decide the question and its decision shall be final; (9) "Kolkata" means the area described in Schedule I; 3 Clause (10) omitted by s. 2 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1996 (West Ben. Act VI of 1996) (with retrospective effect from 4.12.1995), which was earlier as under: '(10) "candidate" in section 75 and in Schedule III means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election of a Councillor or who claims.....

All India Services Act, 1951 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1951

.....Service, and (3) the Indian Medical and Health Service. The present Bill seeks to create the aforesaid services by amending the All India Services Act, 1951. Under section 3of the Act, the Central Government would be empowered to make rules for the regulation of recruitment, and conditions of service of persons appointed, to these services. - S.O.R. -Gaz. of Ind., 19-11-1962, Pt. II, S. 2, Ext., p. 1012. Act 23 of 1975.- In service matters occasions arise when it becomes an inescapable necessity to amend or make rules with retrospective effect. An instance in point is the implementation of the decisions of the Government on the recommendations of the Third Central Pay Commission. 2.Section 3of the All India Services Act, 1951 which empowers the Central Government to make rules for the regulation of recruitment and the conditions of service of persons appointed to an All India Service does not in terms permit the making of the rules with retrospective effect. In view of the opinion tendered by the Attorney-General in 1969 in connection with a po,int raised by the Public Accounts Committee regarding an exemption notification issued with retrospective effect under the Central.....

Telegraph Act, 1885 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1885

.....to amend th law relating to telegraphs in India; It is hereby enacted as follows :- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, LOCAL EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885. 1[(2) It extends to the whole of India2[* * *].] (3) It shall come into force on the first day of October, 1885. SECTION 02: REPEAL AND SAVINGS [Rep. by the Repeating Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). Sec. 2 and Sch.] SECTION 03: DEFINITIONS -In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context,- 3[(1) "telegraph" means any appliance, instrument, material or apparatus used or capable of use for transmission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images, and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, visual or other electro-magnetic emissions. Radio waves or Hertzian waves, galvanic, electric or magnetic means; Explanation.- "Radio waves" or Hertzian waves" means electromagnetic waves of frequencies lower than 3,000 giga-cycles per sound propagated in space without artificial guide.] (2) "telegraph officer" means any person employed either permanently or temporarily in connection with a telegraph established, maintained or worded by4[the Central Government] or by a.....

Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) Part III

Title: Power to Place Telegraph Lines and Posts

State: Central

Year: 1885

.....to all persons interested for any damage sustained by them by reason of the exercise of those powers. ____________________ 1. Inserted by Act 8 of 2004, Section 5 (w.e.f. 1-4-2002). Section 11 - Power to enter on property in order to repair or remove telegraph lines or posts The telegraph authority may, at any time, for the purpose of examining, repairing, altering or removing any telegraph line or post, enter on the property under, over, along, across, in or upon which the line or post has been placed. Section 12 TO 15 - Provisions applicable to property vested in or under the control or management of local authorities Section 12 - Power for local authority to give permission under section 10, clause (c), subject to conditions Any permission given by a local authority under section 10, clause (c) may be given subject to such reasonable conditions as that authority thinks fit to impose, as to the payment of any expenses to which the authority will necessarily be put in consequence of the exercise of the powers conferred by that section, or as to the time or mode of execution of any work, or as to any other thing connected with or relative to any work.....