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Majority Act, 1875 Preamble 1

Title: Majority Act, 1875

State: Central

Year: 1875

THE MAJORITY ACT, 18751 [Act, No. 9 of 1875] [2nd March, 1875] PREAMBLE An Act to amend the law respecting the age of majority. WHEREAS, in the case of persons domiciled in2[India] it is expedient3[to specify the age of majority]; It is hereby enacted as follows:-- ________________________ 1. This act has been extended to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by REg. 6 of 1963, sec. 2 and Sch. I and the whole of the Union territory of Lakshadweep by Reg. 8 of 1965, sec. 3 and Sch. This Act has been extended to Pondicherry by Act 26 of 1968, subject to the following modification:-- In section 1 at the end, insert:-- "Provided the nothing contained in this Act shall apply to the Renoncants of the union territory of Pondicherry.". 2. Substituted by Act 3 of 1951, sec. 3 and Sch., for "Part a States and Part C States". 3. Substituted by Act 33 of 1999 sec. 2, for certain words (w.e.f. 16-12-1999).

Majority Act, 1875 Section 3

Title: Age of Majority of Persons Domiciled in India

State: Central

Year: 1875

1[3. Age of majority of persons domiciled in India (1) Every person domiciled in India shall attain the age of majority on his completing the age of eighteen years and not before. (2) In computing the age of any person, the day on which he was born is to be included as a whole day and he shall be deemed to have attained majority at the beginning of the eighteenth anniversary of that day.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 33 of 1999, sec 4 for sections 3 and 4 (w.e.f. 16-12-1999).

Majority Act, 1875 Complete Act

Title: Majority Act, 1875

State: Central

Year: 1875

Preamble1 - MAJORITY ACT, 1875 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Saving Section3 - Age of majority of persons domiciled in India

Indian Majority Act, 1875 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1875

.....other Judges of the same Court before whom the question arose and the matter having been by one of them expressed to be in a complicated and unsatisfactory state was the other day referred to a Full Bench of the Court, which decided that a Hindu resident in Calcutta, who had no property in the mofussil, attained, his age of majority on the completion of his fifteen year, and refrained from deciding what was the effect of the Acts upon persons resident in Calcutta and possessed of property in the mofussil. In Bombay it has been decided that, notwithstanding Act XX of 1864, a Hindu resident in the mofussil came of age on attaining sixteen years, so as to be able to prosecute a claim by suit. In a case which came before the late Sadr Diwani Adalat of Bengal, it was held that, according to the Jain law, majority begins on the completion of sixteen years. 2. By Muhammadan law, the end of the fifteenth year, or the attainment of puberty, is the age of majority; but Muhammadans are, equally with Hindus and other British subjects in this country not being Europeans affected by the Regulations and Acts already noticed. 3. European British subjects not domiciled in this country come of.....

New Delhi Municipal Council Act 1994 Section 155

Title: Power to Lay Mains

State: Central

Year: 1994

(1) The Chairperson may lay a main whether within or without the local limits of the Council-- (a) in any street; and (b) with the consent of every owner and occupier of any land not forming part of a street, in, over or on that land, and may, from time to time, inspect, repair, alter or renew or may at any time remove any main so laid whether by virtue of this section or otherwise. Provided that where a consent required for the purpose of this sub-section is withheld, the Chairperson may, after giving the owner or occupier of the land a written notice of his intention so to do, lay the main in, over or on that land even without such consent. (2) Where the Chairperson, in exercise of the powers under this section, lays a main in, over or on any land not forming part of a street, or inspects, repairs, alters, renews or removes a main so laid down in, over or on any such land, he shall pay compensation to every person interested in that land for any damage done to, or injurious affection of that land by reason of the inspection, laying, repair, alteration, renewal or removal of the main.

Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 Section 198

Title: Power to Lay Mains

State: Karnataka

Year: 1976

.....a street, in, over or on that land, and may inspect, repair, alter or renew or may at any time remove any main so laid: Provided that where the consent required for the purpose of this subsection is withheld, the corporation may, after giving the owner or occupier of the land a written notice of its intention so to do, lay the main in, over or on that land without such consent. (2) Where the corporation, in exercise of the powers under this section, lays a main in, over or on any land not forming part of a street or land referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1), or inspects, repairs, alters, renews or removes a main so laid in, over or on any such land it shall pay compensation to every person interested in that land for any damage done to, or injurious affection of that land by reason of the inspection, laying, repair, alteration, renewal or removal of the main.

Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1964 Section 39

Title: Power to Lay Mains

State: Karnataka

Year: 1964

.....controlled by the Government; (b) with the consent of every owner and occupier of any land not forming part of a street, in, over or on that land, and may, from time to time, inspect, repair, alter or renew or may at any time remove any main so laid whether by virtue of this section or otherwise: Provided that where a consent required for the purpose of this sub-section is withheld, the Board may, after giving the owner or occupier of the land a written notice of its intention so to do, lay the main in, over or on that land even without such consent. (2) Where the Board, in exercise of the powers under this section, lays a main in, over or on any land not forming part of a street or land referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1), or inspect, repair, alter, renew or remove a main so laid down in, over or on any such land, it shall pay compensation to every person interested in that land for any damage done to, or injurious affection of that land by reason of the inspection, laying, repair, alteration, renewal or removal of the main.

Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board Act, 1973 Section 28C

Title: Power to Lay Mains, Etc.

State: Karnataka

Year: 1973

.....as possible shall be done to the immovable property and the owner of the premises shall,- (i) cause the pipe or sewer to be laid with the least practicable delay; (ii) fill in, reinstate and make good at his own cost and with the least practicable delay, any land opened, broken up or removed for the purpose of laying such pipe or sewer; (iii) pay compensation to the owner of the immovable property and to any other person who sustains damage by reason of the laying of such pipe or sewer. (d) If the owner of the immovable property over, under, along or across which a pipe or sewer has been laid under this sub-section whilst such immovable property was not built upon desires to errect any building on such property, the Board shall, by notice in writing, require the owner of the premises to close, remove or divert the pipe or sewer in such manner as shall be approved by it and to fill in, reinstate and make good the immovable property as if the pipe or sewer had not been placed or carried over, under, along or across the same : Provided that no such requisition shall be made unless in the opinion of the Board it is necessary or expedient for the construction of the.....

Delhi Rent Act, 1995 Section 65

Title: Decision to Be by Majority

State: Central

Year: 1995

The decision of a Bench consisting of more than one Member on any point shall, where there is a majority, be according to the opinion of the majority, and where there is no majority and the Members are equally divided in their opinion, they shall draw up a statement of the case setting forth the point or points on which they differ and make a reference to the Chairman, and on receipt of such reference, the Chairman may arrange for the hearing of such point or points by one or more of the other Members (including, if he did not preside over such Bench, himself) and such point or points shall be decided according to the opinion by the majority of the Members who have heard the case, including those who had first heard it.

Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 [Repealed] Section 37

Title: Purchase of Generating Stations or Undertakings or Main Transmission Lines by the Board

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....pay and the mortgagee, chargee, lien-holder or oblige shall accept the whole or part of the purchase-money as the case may be in full or part satisfaction of the debt according as the amount of the purchase-money is more or less than the amount of his debt; (b) without prejudice to the provisions of section 47, the Board shall pay, or tender payment of, the price to be determined in accordance with the Fourth Schedule as soon as the amount thereof has been determined, together with interest on such amount from the date of purchase to the date of payment or tender of payment as aforesaid at the rate of one per centum over the average of the Reserve Bank rates between the said dates; (e) the receipt of the licensee shall notwithstanding anything in any other law, be a full and sufficient discharge to the Board for the payment due in respect of the purchase. (2) Where a generating station or undertaking or main transmission line purchased by the Board under this Act is in course of construction, extension or repair at the dale of purchase, the rights and liabilities of the former owner thereof under any contract for such construction, extension or repair shall be deemed to.....