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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 436A

Title: Maximum Period for Which an Undertrial Prisoner Can Bedetained

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....order the continued detention of such person for a period longer than one-half of the said period or release him on bail instead of the personal bond with or without sureties: Provided further that no such person shall in any case be detained during the period of investigation inquiry or trial for more than the maximum period of imprisonment provided for the said offence under that law. Explanation.--In computing the period of detention under this section for granting bail the period of detention passed due to delay in proceeding caused by the accused shall be excluded.] ___________________________________ 1. Inserted by Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2005.

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Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 Section 10

Title: Maximum Period of Detention`

State: Central

Year: 1974

.....later] and the maximum period for which any person may be detained in pursuance of any detention order to which the provisions of section 9 apply and which has been confirmed under clause (f) of section 8 read with sub-section (2) of section 9 shall be2[a period of two years from the date of detention or the specified period, whichever period expires later: Provided that nothing contained in this section shall affect the power of the appropriate Government in neither case to revoke or modify the detention order at any earlier time. 3[Explanation.--In this section and in section 10A, "specified period" means the period during which the Proclamation of Emergency issued under clause (1) of article 352 of the Constitution on the 3rd day of December, 1971 and the Proclamation of Emergency issued under that clause on the 25th day of June, 1975, are both in operation.] _________________________ 1. Substituted by Act No.20 of 1976 for words "one year from the date of detention". 2. Substituted by Act No.20 of 1976 for words "two years from the date of detention". 3. Inserted by Act No. 20 of 1976.

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Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 Section 11

Title: Maximum Period of Detention

State: Central

Year: 1988

The maximum period for which any person may be detained in pursuance of any detention order to which the provisions of section 10 do not apply and which has been confirmed under clause (f) of section 9 shall be one year from the date of detention, and the maximum period for which any person may be detained in pursuance of any detention order to which the provisions of section 10 apply and which has been confirmed under clause (f) of section 9, read with sub-section (2) of section 10, shall be two years from the date of detention: Provided that nothing contained in this section shall affect the power of appropriate Government in either case to revoke or modify the detention order at any earlier time.

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Assam Preventive Detention Act, 1980 Section 13

Title: Maximum Period of Detention

State: Central

Year: 1980

The maximum period for which any person may be detained in pursuance of any detention order which has been confirmed under Section 12 shall be six months from the date of detention but in no case shall exceed the period fixed by law of Parliament, if any: PROVIDED that nothing contained in this section shall affect the power of the State Government to revoke or modify the detention order at any earlier time.

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Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 Section 13

Title: Maximum Period of Detention

State: Central

Year: 1980

(1) The maximum period for which any person may be detained in pursuance of any detention order which has been confirmed under section 12, shall be six months from the date of detention: Provided that nothing contained in this section shall affect the power of the appropriate Government to revoke or modify the detention order at any earlier time.

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National Security Act, 1980 Section 13

Title: Maximum Period of Detention

State: Central

Year: 1980

The maximum period for which any person may be detained in pursuance of any detention order which has been confirmed under section 12 shall be twelve months from the date of detention: Provided that nothing contained in this section shall affect the power of the appropriate Government to revoke or modify the detention order at any earlier time.

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Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 Section 8

Title: Periods for Which Mining Leases May Be Granted or Renewed

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....of minerals not specified in Part A and Part B of the First Schedule for a further period or periods not exceeding twenty years in each case. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2) and sub-section (3), no mining lease granted in respect of mineral specified in Part A or Part B of the First Schedule shall be renewed except with the previous approval of the Central Government.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 37 of 1986, section. 7, for sub-sections (1) and (2) w.e.f. 10-2-1987. 2. Substituted by Act 25 of 1994, section. 5, for sub-section (1) w.e.f. 25-1-1994. 3. Substituted by Act 25 of 1994, section. 5, for "two periods each not exceeding ten years" w.e.f. 25-1-1994. 4. Proviso omitted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 10 w.e.f. 18-12-1999. 5. Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 10, for sub-section (3) w.e.f. 18-12-1999.

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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.....

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The Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar Act, 1969 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1969

.....of Punjab in the Twentieth Year of Republic of India as follows :- Short title 1. This act may be called the** [Guru Nanak Dev] University Amritsar Act, 1969. Definitions 2. In this Act and in all Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations made hereunder uless the context otherwise requires: (a) "College" means an institution maintained by or admitted to the privileges of the University under this act. (b) "Principal" means the head of a college and includes, when there is no Principal, the person for the time being duly appointed to act as Principal and in the absence of the Principal or the acting Principal, a Vice-Principal duly appointed as such. (c) "Statutes", "Ordinances" and "Regulations" mean respectively the Statues, Ordinances and * For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), 1969, page 1114. ** Subs by the Guru Nanak University Amritsar (Amendment) Act, 1975, S.2 for "Guru Nanak". Regulations of the University made by or under this Act. (d) "Teachers" include Professors, Readers, Lecturers and other persons imparting instruction in the University or in any College. (e) "University" means the* [Guru Nanak Dev] University Amritsar, as.....

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1939

.....that Chapter so takes effect in that State, Chapter VII of the Travancore-Cochin Motor Vehicles Act, 1125, shall have effect in that State as if enacted in this Act.] SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS - In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- 6(1) "Area", in relation to any provision of this Act, means such area as the State Government may, having regard to the requirements of that provision specify by Notification in the official Gazette. (1A) "articulated vehicle" means a tractor to which a trailer is attached in such a manner that a part of the trailer is super-imposed on, and a part of the weight of the trailer is borne by, the tractor;] "The 'Committee are of the opinion that the explanation In Form E of the First dule terms "area" and "route", which occur dule; should be brought to the section by to the various sections of the principal Act which the various expressions have been and In the clauses of the Bill, should be de defined. The Committee have accordingly fined. The Committee also feel that the de- Inserted suitable definitions of these terms In finition of 'articulated vehicle' as given in the clause."-J.C. R.-Gaz of India. 25-11- 1968,.....

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