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Air Force Act, 1950 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1950

.....or confinement of a person according to the usages of the service and includes military or naval custody: (vi) "air force law" means the law enacted by this Act and the rules made there under and includes the usages of the service; (vii) "air force reward" includes any gratuity or annuity for long service or good conduct, badge pay or pension, and any other air force pecuniary reward; (viii) "airman" means any person subject to this Act other than an officer; (ix) "air officer" means any officer of the Air Force above the rank of group captain; (x) "air signal" means any signal intended for the guidance of aircraft, whether given by flag, ground signal, light, wind indicator or in any manner whatsoever: (xi) "Chief Legal Adviser" means a person appointed as such by5[the Chief of the Air Staff] to give advice on matters relating to air force law and to perform such other duties of a legal character as may arise in connection therewith; (xii) "civil offence" means an offence which is triable by a criminal court; (xiii) "civil prison" means any jail or place used for the detention of any criminal prisoner under the Prisons Act, 1894-, or under any other law for the time.....

Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938) Section 7

Title: Deposits

State: Central

Year: 1938

.....may be, and where any application for registration is made by any such insurer, the 16 [Authority] may, notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2A) of section 3 or sub-section (4), register such insurer for one or more additional classes of insurance, if the following conditions are fulfilled, namely:-- (a) the 17 [Authority] is satisfied that registration for the proposed one or more additional classes of insurance business would qualify the insurer to become a member of a group; (b) agreements have been executed by all the insurers in the group or proposed group, as the case may be, 18 and such agreements, in the opinion of the 17 [Authority], satisfy the requirements of the Explanation to sub-section (1B); and (c) the insurer has, after the commencement of the Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1968, made deposit of a sum not less than the total of all the installments of deposit which he would have been required to make after such commencement till the date of his becoming a member of the group, had he been a member of the group from such commencement. (6) The 17 [Authority] shall cancel the registration made in pursuance of the provisions of sub-section (5), if.....

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Chapter 3

Title: Of Punishments

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....ten years but not for life [Repealed] Rep. by the Criminal Law (Removal of Racial Discriminations) Act, 1949 (17 of 1949) (w.e.f. 6-4-1949). Section 57 - Fractions of terms of punishment In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, 1 [imprisonment] for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to 1 [imprisonment] for twenty years. _____________________ 1. Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, section 117 and Schedule, for "transportation" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). Section 58 - Offenders sentenced to transportation how dealt with until transported [Repealed] Rep. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ad, 1955 (26 of 1955), section 117 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). Section 59 - Transportation instead of imprisonment [Repealed] Rep. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1955 (26 of 1955). section 117 and Schedule, (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). Section 60 - Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple In every ease in which an offender is punishable with imprisonment which may be of either description, it shall be competent to the Court which sentences such offender to direct in the sentence that such imprisonment shall.....

Christian Marriage Act, 1872 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....Marriages' means 'the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages appointed under the Mysore Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act, 1956', "-Mysore Act 20 of 1956, S. 1- [29-10-1956] r/w Act 31 of 1973, S. 5 [1-11-1973]. PART 1: THE PERSONS BY WHOM MARRIAGES MAY BE SOLEMNIZED: SECTION 4: Marriages to be solemnized according to Act: Every marriage between persons, one or Marriages both of whom is [or are] a Christian or .Christians, shall be solemnized in accordance with the provisions of the next following section; and any such marriage solemnized otherwise than in accordance with such provisions shall be void. SECTION 5: Persons by whom marriages may be solemnized: Marriages may be solemnized in [India]- (1) by any person who has received episcopal ordination; provided that the marriage be solemnized according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of which he is a Minister; (2) by any Clergyman of the Church of Scotland, provided that such marriage besolemnized according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of Scotland; (3) by any Minister of Religion licensed under this Act to solemnize marriages; .....

The Cochin Christian Civil Marriage Act, 1920 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1920

THE COCHIN CHRISTIAN CIVIL MARRIAGE ACT, 1095 THE COCHIN CHRISTIAN CIVIL MARRIAGE ACT, 1095 [Act No. 5 of 1095] [ 17th day of January 1920] PREAMBLE (Substituted for ' Raja' by Section 2 of Act 1 of 1109) [ An Act to provide for Legalising Civil Marriages between Persons Professing Christianity in the Cochin State. Whereas it is deemed desirable to make provision for legalising civil marriages between persons Professing the Christian religion; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Section 1 - Short title This Act may be cited as The Cochin Christian Civil Marriage Act, V of 1095". Section 2 - Local extent and Commencement It extends to the whole of the Cochin State, and shall come into force at once. Section 3 - Interpretation clause In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context:- The expression "Christian" means persons professing the Christian religion; "Minor" means a person who has not completed the age of 21 years, and who is not a widower or a widow. Section 4 - Persons by whom marriages may be solemnized A Marriage between persons, one or both of whom is or are a Christian or Christians but neither of whom.....

The Orissa Nurses & Midwives Registration Act, 1938 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1938

THE ORISSA NURSES & MIDWIVES REGISTRATION ACT, 1938 THE ORISSA NURSES & MIDWIVES REGISTRATION ACT, 1938 [Published vide Orissa Act No. 7 of 1938. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Orissa Gazette, 1938, Pt. XI, and for Proceedings in the Assembly see Proceedings of the Orissa Legislative Assembly 1938, Vol. II, Pt. II.] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the Registration and better training of Nurses, Health Visitors, Midwives and Dais in Orissa Whereas it is expedient to provide for the registration of nurses, health visitors, midwives and dais in Orissa and to secure their better training; It is hereby enacted as follows : Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Orissa Nurses and Midwives Registration Act, 1938. (2) It shall extends [It was extended to all the partially excluded areas of the State, from 23rd January, 1940.] to the whole of the State of Orissa. (3) It shall come into force from such date [The Act came into force from 1st June, 1939, vide Notification. No. 2957-LSG/10-5-1939.] as the State Government may by notification, appoint. Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in.....

Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938) Part II

Title: Provisions Applicable to Insurers

State: Central

Year: 1938

.....section 2 and Schedule, for "theStates" (w.e.f. 1-11-1956). Section 2E - This Act not to apply to certain insurers, ceasing to enter into new contracts before commencement of Act The provisions of this Act shall not apply to an insurer as defined in paragraph (i) or (iii) of sub-clause (a) of clause (9) of section 2 in relation to any class of his insurance business where such insurer has ceased, before the commencement of this Act, to enter into any new contracts of that class of business.] Section 3 - Registration (1) No 1 [person] shall, after the commencement of this Act, begin to carry on any class of insurance business in 2 [India] and no insurer carrying on any class of insurance business in 2 [India] shall, after the expiry of three months from the commencement of this Act, continue to carry on any such business, unless he has obtained from the 3 [Authority] a certificate of registration 4 [for the particular class of insurance business]: 5 [Provided that in case an insurer who was carrying on any class of insurance business in 2 [India] at the commencement of this Act, failure to obtain a certificate of registration in accordance with the requirements of this.....

Constitution of India Article 31C

Title: Saving of Laws Giving Effect to Certain Directive Principles

State: Central

Year: 1950

.....that where such law is made by the Legislature of a State, the provisions of this article shall not apply thereto unless such law, having been reserved for the consideration of the President, has received his assent.] ________________________ 1. Inserted by the Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1971, section 3 (w.e.f. 20-4-1972). 2. Substituted by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 section. 4, for "the principles specified in clause (b) or clause (c) of article 39" (w.e.f. 3-1-1977). Section 4 has been declared invalid by the Supreme Court in Minerva Mills Ltd. V. Union of India , (1980) 2 SCC 591. 3. Substituted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, section 8, for "article 14, article 19 or article 31" w.e.f. 20-6-1979. 4. In Keshavananda Bharati v. The State of Kerala, (1973) Supp SCR 1, the Supreme Court held the provision in italics to be invalid.

Police Act, 1861 Section 41

Title: Rewards to Police and Informers Payable to General Police Fund[Repealed]

State: Central

Year: 1861

Repealed by the A.O.1937{See, however, paragraph 4 of the India and Burma (Transitory Provisions) rider, 1937 Section 41 read as follows:"All sums paid for the service of process by Police-officers, and all rewards, forfeitures and penalties or shares of rewards, forfeitures and penalties which by law are payable to informers shall, when e information is laid by a police-officer, be paid into the General Police Fund " } {So much of section 42 (the portion printed in italics) as relates to the limitation suits. repealed by Act 9 of 1871, section2 and Scheduel I}.

Constitution of India Part 3

Title: Fundamental Rights

State: Central

Year: 1950

.....the enforcement of section 3 of the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, article 22 shall stand amended as directed in section 3 of that Act. For the text of section 3 of that Act, Article 23 to 24 - Right against Exploitation Article 23 - Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour (1) Traffic in human beings and beggar and other similar forms of forced labour are prohibited and any contravention of this provision shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law. (2) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from imposing compulsory service for public purpose, and in imposing such service the State shall not make any discrimination on grounds only of religion, race, caste or class or any of them. Article 24 - Prohibition of employment of children in factories, etc. No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment. Article 25 to 28 - Right to Freedom of Religion Article 25 - Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion (1) Subject to public order, morality and health and to the other provisions of this.....