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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.....

The Disaster Management Act, 2005 Complete Act

State: Meghalaya

Year: 2005

.....etc. 68. Authentication of orders or decisions. 69. Delegation of powers. 70. Annual report. 71. Bar of jurisdiction of court. 72. Act to have overriding effect. 73. Action taken in good faith. 74. Immunity from legal process. 75. Power of Central Government to make rules. 76. Power to make regulations. 77. Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament. 78. Power of State Government to make rules. 79. Power to remove difficulties. THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2005 NO. 53 OF 2005 [23rd December, 2005.] An Act to provide for the effective management of disasters and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Disaster Management Act, 2005. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and for different.....

Disaster Management Act, 2005 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2005

.....Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on 23.12.2005 and is hereby published for general information: THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2005 No. 53 of 2005 An Act to provide for the effective management of disasters and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows: CHAPTER 1: PRELIMINARY: Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement: (1) This Act may be called the Disaster Management Act, 2005. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and for different States, and any reference to commencement in any provision of this Act in relation to any State shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of that provision in that State. SECTION 2: Definitions: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "affected area" means an area or part of the country affected by a disaster; (b) "capacity-building" includes (i) identification of existing resources.....

The Disaster Management Act, 2005 Complete Act

State: Meghalaya

Year: 2005

.....in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Disaster Management Act, 2005. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and for different States, and any reference to commencement in any provision of this Act in relation to any State shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of that provision in that State. 2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "affected area" means an area or part of the country affected by a disaster; (b) "capacity-building" includes- (i) identification of existing resources and resources to be acquired or created; (ii) acquiring or creating resources identified under sub-clause (i); (iii) organisation and training of personnel and coordination of such training for effective management of disasters; (c) "Central Government" means the Ministry or Department of the Government of India.....

Disaster Management Act, 2005 Chapter XI

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 2005

.....done or intended to be done in good faith by such authority or Government or such officer or employee or such person under the provisions of this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder. Section 74 - Immunity form legal process Officers and employees of the Central Government, National Authority, National Executive Committee, State Government, State Authority, State Executive Committee or District Authority shall be immune from legal process in regard to any warning in respect of any impending disaster communicated or disseminated by them in their official capacity or any action taken or direction issued by them in pursuance of such communication or dissemination. Section 75 - Power of Central Government to make rules (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-- (a) the composition and number of the members of the National Authority under sub-section (2), and the term of office and conditions of service of members of the.....

Disaster Management Act, 2005 Section 47

Title: National Disaster Mitigation Fund

State: Central

Year: 2005

(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute a Fund to be called the National Disaster Mitigation Fund for projects exclusively for the purpose of mitigation and there shall be credited thereto such amount which the Central Government may, after due appropriation made by Parliament by law in this behalf, provide. (2) The National Disaster Mitigation Fund shall be applied by the National Authority.

Disaster Management Act, 2005 Section 64

Title: Making or Amending Rules, Etc., in Certain Circumstances

State: Central

Year: 2005

Subject to the provisions of this Act, if it appears to the National Executive Committee, State Executive Committee or the District Authority, as the case may be, that provisions of any rule, regulation, notification, guideline, instruction, order, scheme or bye-laws, as the case may be, are required to be made or amended for the purposes of prevention of disasters or the mitigation thereof, it may require the amendment of such rules, regulation, notification, guidelines, instruction, order, scheme or bye-laws, as the case may be, for that purpose, and the appropriate department or authority shall take necessary action to comply with the requirements.

Assam Rifles Act, 2006 Section 133

Title: Power of Confirming Authority to Mitigate, Remit or Commute Sentences

State: Central

Year: 2006

Subject to such restrictions, reservations or conditions, as may be contained in any warrant issued under section 130 or section 131, a confirming authority may, when confirming the sentence of an Assam Rifles Court, mitigate or remit the punishment thereby awarded, or commute that punishment for any punishment or punishment lower in the scale laid down in section 57.

Sashastra Seema Bal Act 2007 Section 125

Title: Power of Confirming Authority to Mitigate, Remit or Commute Sentences

State: Central

Year: 2007

Subject to such restrictions, reservations or conditions, as may be contained in any warrant issued under section 122 or section 123, a confirming authority may, when confirming the sentence of a Force Court, mitigate or remit the punishment thereby awarded or commute that punishment for any punishment or punishments lower in the scale laid down in section 51.

National Security Guard Act 1986 Section 108

Title: Power of Confirming Authority to Mitigate, Remit or Commute Sentences

State: Central

Year: 1986

Subject to such restrictions, reservations or conditions, as may be contained in any warrant issued under section 105 or section 106, a confirming authority may, when confirming the sentence of a Security Guard Court, mitigate or remit the punishment thereby awarded, or commute that punishment for any punishment or punishments lower in the scale laid down in section 47 or may set aside the proceedings of the trial if found to be illegal.