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Wakf Act, 1995 Section 104

Title: Application of Act to Properties Given or Donated by Persons Not Professing Islam for Support of Certain Wakf

State: Central

Year: 1995

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act where any movable or immovable property has been given or donated by any person not professing Islam for the support of a wakf being (a) a mosque, idgah, imambara, dargah, khangah or a maqbara; (b) a Muslim graveyard; (c) a choultry or musafirkhana, then such property shall be deemed to be comprised in that wakf and be dealt in the same manner as the wakf in which it is so comprised.

Wakf Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....cases. 3. The present Bill seeks to achieve these objects.-Gaz. of Ind., 3-8- 19S9, Pt. II, S. 2, Ext., P. 579. Amending Act 34 of 1964.- The Wakf Act, 1954 was enacted to provide for the better administration and supervision of wakfs. The Act was amended in 1959 for the limited purpose of removing certain difficulties arising out of reorganisation of States. Experience of the working of the Act over the last ten years has revealed certain difficulties. It is, therefore, proposed to amend the Act to remove these difficulties and to ensure better administration of wakfs by mutawallis, 2. The main features of the Bill are: (i) The definition of beneficiary in regard to objects of public utility is being broadened to cover all objects obtained by Muslim law. Endowments made by nun-Muslims for support of certain Muslim religious and pious institutions will also come under the purview of the Act. (ii) A Central Wakf Council is proposed to be established. (iii) A provision is being made to enable the establishment of separate Sunni and Shia Boards in any State in which the Shia Wakfs constitute in number more than fifteen per cent. of the total number of wakfs In that State or the.....

Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1939

.....woman shall be entitled to obtain a decree for the dissolution of her marriage on any of the grounds mentioned, in section 2-: Provided further that the provisions of this section shall not apply to a woman converted to Islam from some other faith who re-embraces her former faith. SECTION 05: RIGHTS TO DOWER NOT TO BE AFFECTED - Nothing contained in this Act shall affect any right which a married woman may have under Muslim law to her dower or any part thereof on the dissolution of her marriage. SECTION 06: REPEAL OF SECTION 5 OF ACT 26 OF 1937 -[Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1942 (25 of 1942), S. 2 and Sch. I]. Footnotes: 2. Substituted for the old sub-section (2) by the Miscellaneous Personal Laws (Extension) Act, 1959 (98 of 1959), S. 3 and Sch. I (1-2-1960). Central Bare Acts

Wakf Act, 1995 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....to the commencement of that provision in such State or area. SECTION 02: APPLICATION OF THE ACT Save as otherwise expressly provided under this Act, this Act shall apply to all wakfs whether created before or after the commencement of this Act : Provided that nothing in this Act shall apply to Dargah Khawaja Saheb, Ajmer to whichthe Dargah Khawaja Saheb Act, 1955 (?? of 1955)applies. SECTION 03: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- (a) "beneficiary" means a person or object for whose benefit a wakf is created and includes religious, pious and charitable objects and any other objects of public utility sanctioned by the Muslim law; (b) "benefit" does not include any benefit which a mutawalli is entitled to claim solely by reason of his being such mutawalli; (c) "Board" means a Board of Wakf established under sub-section (1), or as the case may be, under sub-section (2) of section 13-and shall include a common Wakf Board established under section 106-; (d) "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 23-; (e) "Council" means the Central Wakf Council established under section 9-; (f).....

West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education Act, 1994 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1994

..... (k) "President" means the President of the Board; (l) "Primary Education" means education imparted in a primary school as defined in any Bengal Act or West Bengal Act or education equivalent thereto; (m) "recognised" with its grammatical variations, used with reference to a Madrasah, means recognised under this Act or by the West Bengal Madrasah Education Board constituted by the State Government before the commencement of this Act; (n) "regulation" means a regulation made by the Board under this Act; (o) "rule" means a rule made by the State Government under this Act; (p) "Senior Madrasah" means a Madrasah where the Senior Madrasah Education System is followed. CHAPTER 2 The Board Section 3 Establishment and incorporation of the Board (1) The State Government shall, as soon as may be after this Act comes into force, establish a Board to be called the West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education. (2) The Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, shall be entitled to acquire, hold and dispose of property, to enter into contracts and to do all other things necessary for the purposes of this Act, and shall by its name sue and be sued. .....

Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 Section 4

Title: Effect of Conversion to Other Faith

State: Central

Year: 1939

The renunciation of Islam by married Muslim woman of her conversion to a faith other than Islam shall not by itself operate to dissolve her marriage: Provided that after such renunciation, or conversion, the woman shall be entitled to obtain a decree for the dissolution of her marriage on any of the grounds mentioned in Section 2; Provided further that provisions of this section shall not apply to a woman converted to Islam from some other faith who re-embraces her former faith.

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1988

..... (6) "conductor's licence" means the licence issued by a competent authority under Chapter III authorising the person specified therein to act as a conductor; (7) "contract carriage" means a motor vehicle which carries a passenger or passengers for hire or reward and is engaged under a contract, whether expressed or implied, for the use of such vehicle as a whole for the carriage of passengers mentioned therein and entered into by a person with a holder of a permit in relation to such vehicle or any person authorised by him in this behalf on a fixed or an agreed rate or sum- (a) on a time basis, whether or not with reference to any route or distance; or (b) from one point to another, and in either case, without stopping to pick up or set down passengers not included in the contract anywhere during the journey, and includes- (i) a maxicab; and (ii) a motorcab notwithstanding the separate fares are charged for its passengers; (8) "dealer" includes a person who is engaged- (a) 1 [ x x x] (b) in building bodies for attachment to chassis; or (c) in the repair of motor vehicles; or (d) in the business of hypothecation, leasing or hire-purchase of motor vehicle; (9).....

The Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1967

.....in the value of land due to irrigation. (15) "legal practitioner" means any legal practitioner within the meaning of the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 (Act XVIII of 1879), except a Mukhtar; (16) "net assets" of an estate or group of estates means the estimated average annual surplus produce of such estate or group of estates remaining after deduction of the ordinary expenses of cultivation as ascertained or estimated. Explanation" Ordinary expenses of cultivation include payments, if any, which the land-owner customarily bears, whether in kind or in cash, and in whole or in part whether in respect of" (a) water rates, (b) maintenance of means of irrigation, (c) maintenance of embankments, (d) supply of seed, (e) supply of manure, (f) improved implements of husbandry, (g) concessions with regard to fodder, (h) special abatements made for fallow or bad harvest, (i) cost of collection of rent, (j) allowance for shortage in collection of rent, (k) interest charges payable in respect of advances made in cash, free of interest, to tenants for the purpose of cultivation, (l) wages or customary dues paid to village auxiliaries whose products or labour are utilized for the.....

Carriage by Air Act, 1972 Schedule 3

Title: The Third Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....upon under the form of a single contract or of a series of contracts, and it shall not lose its international character merely because one contract or a series of contracts is to be performed entirely within the territory of the same State. (5) These rules shall apply also to carriage as set out in Chapter V, subject to the terms contained therein. 2. (1) These rules shall apply to carriage performed by the State or by legally constituted public bodies provided it falls within the conditions laid down in rule 1. (2) In the carriage of postal items, the carrier shall be liable only to the relevant postal administration in accordance with the rules applicable to the relationship between the carriers and the postal administration. (3) Except as provided in sub-rule (2), these rules shall not apply to the carriage of postal items. CHAPTER II Documentation and duties of the parties relating to the carriage of passengers, baggage and cargo 3. (1) In respect of carriage of passengers, an individual or collective document of carriage shall be delivered containing-- (a) an indication of the places of departure and destination; (b) if the places of departure and.....

Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2004 Section 7

Title: Substitution of New Chapters and Schedule for Chapter Iv

State: Central

Year: 2004

.....etc Whoever conspires or attempts to commit, or advocates, abets, advises or incites or knowingly facilitates the commission of, a terrorist act or any act preparatory to the commission of a terrorist act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years but which may extend to imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine. 19. Punishment for Harbouring, etc Whoever voluntarily harbours or conceals, or attempts to harbour or conceal any person knowing that such person is a terrorist shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine: Provided that this section shall not apply to any case in which the harbour or concealment is by the spouse of the offender. 20. Punishment for Being Member of Terrorist Gang or Organisation. Any person who is a member of a terrorist gang or a terrorist organisation, which is involved in terrorist act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine. 21. Punishment for Holding Proceeds of.....