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Commercial Documents Evidence Act, 1939 Schedule 1

Title: Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1939

.....commerce. 18. Receipt of a Railway or Steamship company granted to a consignor in acknowledgment of goods entrusted to the company for transport 19. Receipt granted by the Posts and Telegraphs Department. 20. Certificate or survey award issued by a recognized Chamber of Commerce relating to the quality, size, weight or valuation of any goods, count of yarn or percentage of moisture in yarn and other goods. 21. Copy, certified by the Registrar of Companies, of the balance-sheet, profit and loss account, and audit report of a company, filed with the said Registrar under the Indian Companies Act, 1913{see now the Indian Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956)}, and the rules made there under.

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....To meet the immediate requirements of the country soon after independence the Merchant Shipping Laws. (Extension to Acceding States and Amendment) Act, 1949 was enacted, by which the British Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1938 were extended to the Acceding States (later known as Part B States) and Indian Consular Officers were empowered to perform functions in relation to Indian ships outside India and provision was made to enable Government to prescribe the proper national colours for ships registered in India, The Control of Shipping Act, 1947, was another short-term measure which continued the war-time control over Indian shipping and controlled the coastal trade by a system of licensing. This Act, which has been renewed from time to time, is due to expire on the 31st March, 1958. 3. The present Bill revises and consolidates all laws in force in India relating to merchant shipping, whether passed by the British Parliament or the Indian Legislature, and makes provision for the matters discussed in the succeedihg paragraphs, which also indicate the principal changes made in the law ........... -Gaz. of Ind., 1958, Extra., Pt. II, S. 2, p. 203.Act 21 of 1966.- The minimum.....

Commercial Documents Evidence Act, 1939 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1939

.....The result is that a party desirous of delaying the proceedings can often insist on the other side getting Commissions issued to take evidence as to facts which are for all practical purposes sufficiently established by the documents in question. It is proposed to undertake legislation on the lines of the Bankers Books Evidence Act, 1891, so as to provide that commercial documents which are accepted as prima facie correct in commercial circles may be admitted in evidence without formal proof. A list of such documents has been prepared in consultation with Commercial Associations and Local Governments. and in included in the Schedule to the Bill, power being reserved to the Government of India to add to the list from time to time and to remove items from it." -Gazette of India, 1937 Pat V. p. 119 An Act to amend the Law of Evidence with respect to certain commercial documents. Whereas it is expedient to amend the Law of Evidence with respect to certain commercial documents; It is hereby enacted as follows:- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE AND EXTENT This Act has been applied to the Darjeeling district, with effect from the 8th February, 1940, by the late Bengal Government.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Part XVII

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....connected with this Act. ________________________ 1. Section 459 came into force on 1st April 1960 -- Section 460 - Protection of persons acting under Act 460.1Protection of persons acting under Act No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be doeij under this Act. ________________________ 1. Section 460 came into force on 1st April, 1960- Section 460A - Removal of difficulties 1[460A. Removal of difficulties (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, in so far as they relate to the Safety Convention or to the Load Line Convention or to the Convention referred to in Clause (a) of section 356B, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty and giving effect to the provisions of such Convention : Provided that no order shall be made under this section after the expiry of three years from the date of publication of the Merchant Shipping (Amdt.) Act, 1970, in the Official Gazette. .....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 450

Title: No Person to Practise as Ship Surveyor Unless Qualified

State: Central

Year: 1958

No person shall in any port in which there is a person exercising the profession of a ship surveyor and holding a certificate granted under section 449 exercise such profession in such port unless he holds a certificate granted under that section: Provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent any person employed exclusively by Lloyd's Register of Shipping or Bureau Veritas or any other classification society specified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette in this behalf from discharging any of the duties of such employment or apply to any person specially exempted by the Central Government from the operation of this section.

EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923 Chapter 2

Title: EMPLOYEES'S COMPENSATION

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....(2)" (w.e.f. 1-6-1959). 13. The words "solely and" omitted by Act 15 of 1933, sec. 3. 14. Substituted by the Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2009 [Act No. 45 of 2009] to be effective from 23rd December, 2009 previous text was:- "workman" 15. Substituted by the Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2009 [Act No. 45 of 2009] to be effective from 23rd December, 2009 previous text was:- "Workmen" Section 4 - Amount of compensation 1[(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the amount of compensation shall be as follows, namely:-- (a) where death results an from the injury amount equal to 2[fifty per cent.] of the monthly wages of the deceased 14[employee] multiplied by the relevant factor; or an amount of 9[one lakh and twenty thousand rupees], whichever is more; (b) where permanent total disablement results from the injury an amount equal to 4[sixty per cent.] of the monthly wages of the injured 14[employee] multiplied by the relevant factor; or an amount of 10[one lakh and forty thousand rupees], whichever is more; .....

Companies Act, 1956 Section 158

Title: Provisions as to Foreign Registers

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....The company may discontinue the keeping of any foreign register; and thereupon all entries in that register shall be transferred to some other foreign register kept by the company in the same part of the world or to the principal register. (8) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a company may, by its articles, make such regulations as it thinks fit in regard to its foreign registers. (9) If default is made in complying with sub-section (4), the company, and every officer of the company who is in default, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to1[five hundred rupees]. ____________________ 1. Substituted by Act 53 of 2000, Section 67, for "fifty rupees" (w.e.f. 13-12-2000).

KARNATAKA AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKETING (REGULATION) ACT, 1966 Section 135

Title: Proof of entries in market committee's or Board's registers, etc

State: Karnataka

Year: 1966

.....in the order, certified copies of all such entries accompanied by a further certificate that no other entries are to be found in the books of the committee or Board relevant to the matters in issue in such proceeding and such further certificate shall be dated and subscribed in the manner prescribed for certified copies under sub-section (1). (b) An order under this sub-section or sub-section (2), may be made either with or without summoning the committee or Board, and shall be served on the committee or the Board three clear days exclusive of public holidays before the same is to be complied with, unless the court or other authority shall otherwise direct. (c) The Committee or the Board may at any time before the time specified for compliance of any such order either offer to produce its books at the trial or give notice of its intention to show cause against such order, and thereupon the same shall not be enforced without further orders.

COMPANIES ACT, 1956 Section 144

Title: Right to inspect copies of instruments creating charges and company's register of charges

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....If inspection of the said copies or register is refused the company, and every officer of the company who is in default, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to2[five hundred rupees] and with a further fine which may extend to3[two hundred rupees] for every day during which the refusal continues. (4) The4[Central Government] may also by order compel an immediate inspection of the said copies or register. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 31 of 1988, Section 67, for "one rupee" w.e.f. 15-7-1988. 2. Substituted by Act 53 of 2000, Section 55, for "fifty rupees" (w.e.f. 13-12-2000).. 3. Substituted by Act 53 of 2000, Section 55, for "twenty rupees" (w.e.f. 13-12-2000).. 4. Substituted by Act 31 of 1988, Section 67, for "Court" (w.e.f. 31-5-1991) and again Substituted by Act 11 of 2003, Section 21, for "Company Law Board".

COMPANIES ACT, 2013, Section 85

Title: Company's register of charges

State: Central

Year: 2013

(1) Every company shall keep at its registered office a register of charges in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed, which shall include therein all charges and floating charges affecting any property or assets of the company or any of its undertakings, indicating in each case such particulars as may be prescribed: Provided that a copy of the instrument creating the charge shall also be kept at the registered office of the company along with the register of charges. (2) The register of charges and instrument of charges, kept under sub-section (1) shall be open for inspection during business hours-- (a) by any member or creditor without any payment of fees; or (b) by any other person on payment of such fees as may be prescribed, subject to such reasonable restrictions as the company may, by its articles, impose.