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Pensions Act, 1871 Section 12A

Title: Nomination by Pensioner to Receive Moneys Outstanding on Account of Pension

State: Central

Year: 1871

.....which have so remained unpaid: Provided that if the nominee predeceases the pensioner, the nomination shall, so far as it relates to the right conferred upon the said nominee, become void and of no effect: Provided further that where provision has been duly made in the nomination, in accordance with the rules made by the Central Government, conferring upon some other person the right to receive all such moneys, which have so remained unpaid, in the event of the nominee predeceasing the pensioner, such right shall, upon the decease as aforesaid of the nominee, pass to such other person]. _________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 20 of 1982, section 3 (w.e.f. 18th May, 1982).

Pensions Act, 1871 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1871

.....to Union pensions and State pensions. In so far as State pensions are concerned. State Legislatures alone have competence to make amendment to the Act. 2. The Act does not extend to the territories which immediately before the 1st November, 1956 were comprised in Part B States. Hence pensioners in these territories cannot avail of the protection provided in section 11 of the Act against seizure, attachment or sequestration by process of any Court at the instance of a creditor. It is, therefore, proposed to amend section 1 of the Act so that the provisions of the Act, in so far as they relate to Union pensions, extend to the whole of India, 3. In view of section 12 of the Act, .at present it is not possible for a pensioner to nominate someone, who may receive payment of arrears of pension remaining undrawn at the time of the death of the pensioner. It has been represented that in the absence of a provision enabling the making of such nominations, the heirs of deceased pensioners are put to undue hardship as they have to obtain succession certificates for the purpose of claiming such arrears. It is, therefore, proposed to insert a new section to enable pensioners to make such.....

Pensions Act, 1871 Chapter 4

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 1871

..... 1. Inserted by Act 20 of 1982, section 3 (w.e.f. 18th May, 1982). Section 13 - Reward to informers Whoever proves to the satisfaction of the1[appropriate Government] that any pension is fraudulently or unduly received by the person enjoying the benefit thereof, shall be entitled to a reward equivalent to the amount of such pension for the period of six months. _________________________ 1. Substituted by A.O., 1937, for the words "Local Government". Section 14 - Power to make rules In each State the Chief Controlling Revenue Authority may, with the consent of the appropriate Government, from time to time, make rules consistent with this Act respecting all or any of the following matters : (1) the place and times at which, and the person to whom, any pension shall be paid; (2) inquiries into the identity of claimants; (3) records to be kept on the subject of pensions; (4) transmission of such records; (5) correction of such records; (6) delivery of certificates to pensioners; (7) registers of such certificates; (8) reference to the Civil Court, under section 6, of persons claiming a right of succession to, or participation in, pensions.....

Pensions Act, 1871 Section 15

Title: Power of Central Government to Make Rules

State: Central

Year: 1871

1[15. Power of Central Government to make rules The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: (a) the manner and form in which any nomination may be made under section 12-A and the manner and form in which such nomination may be cancelled or varied by another nomination; (b) the manner in which provision may be made, for the purposes of the second proviso to section 12-A in any such nomination for conferring on some person other than the nominee the right to receive moneys payable to the nominee if such nominee predeceases the pensioner. __________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 20 of 1982, section 3 (w.e.f. 18th May, 1982).

Pensions Act, 1871 Complete Act

Title: Pensions Act, 1871

State: Central

Year: 1871

Preamble1 - PENSIONS ACT, 1871 Chapter 1 Section1 - Short title and extent Section3 - Interpretation section Section3A - Definition Chapter 2 Section4 - Bar of suit relating to pensions Section5 - Claims to be made to Collector, Deputy Commissioner or other authorized officer Section6 - Civil Court empowered to take cognizance of such claims Section7 - Pensions for lands held under grants of perpetuity Chapter 3 Section8 - Payment to be made by Collector, Deputy Commissioner or other authorized officer Section9 - Saving of rights of a grantee of land-revenue Section10 - Commutation of pensions Chapter 4 Section11 - Exemption of pension from attachment Section12 - Assignments, etc. in anticipation of pension, to be void Section12A - Nomination by pensioner to receive moneys outstanding on account of pension Section13 - Reward to informers Section14 - Power to make rules Section15 - Power of Central Government to make rules Section16 - Laying of rules Schedule1 - [Repealed]

Cattle Trespass Act, 1871 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1871

.....S. 3(16-4-1950). Vindhya Pradesh is in the State of Madhya Pradesh now -See Act 37 of 1956, S. 9(1)(e); Manipur and Tripura are States now: see Act 81 of 1871. This Act is made applicable to the Merged States by Bombay Act 4 of 1950; M. P. Act 12 of 1950-, Madras Act 35 of 1949; Orissa Act 4 of 1950; and Punjab Act 5 of 1950 [15-10-1962]. The Act has been extended to transferred territories in :- Punjab by Punj. Act 5 of 1957; Madras by Mad. Act 23 of 1960; Andhra Pradesh by A. P. Act 16 of 1959. This Act has now been extended to the Union Territory of Pondicherry: by Reg. 6 of 1963 [w.e.f. 1- 10-1963); of Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands now known as Lakshdweep Islands by Reg. 8 of 1965 (w.e.f. 1-10-67) and to the North-fast Frontier Area (Now known as Arunachal Pradesh under Act 81 of 1971) by Reg. 3 of 1960 (w.e.f. l-11-1960); to the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of l963 (w,e.f. 1-7-1965). CHAPTER 01: PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: TITLE AND EXTENT [(1) This Act may be called The Cattle-Trespass Act, 1871; and (2) It extends to 6[the whole of India except3[the territories which immediately before the 1st November, 1956. were comprised in.....

Pensions Act, 1871 Chapter 2

Title: Rights to Pensions

State: Central

Year: 1871

.....v. Nargesh Meerza, A.I.R. 1981 S.C. 1828 at p. 1848:1981 Lab. I.C. 1313 at p. 1332. 3. Vide Karnataka Act 23 of 1979. 4. Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 12 of 1922. Section 6 - Civil Court empowered to take cognizance of such claims A Civil Court, otherwise competent to try the same, shall take cognizance of any such claim upon receiving a certificate from such Collector, Deputy Commissioner or other officer authorized in that behalf that the case may be so tried, but shall not make any order or decree in any suit whatever by which the liability of Government to pay any such pension or grant as aforesaid is affected directly or indirectly. Section 7 - Pensions for lands held under grants of perpetuity Nothing in Sections 4 and 6 applies to-- (1) any inam of the class referred to in section 1 of the Madras Act No. IV of 1862. (2) Pensions heretofore granted by Government in the territories respectively subject to the Lieutenant-Governors of Bengal and the North-Western Provinces, either wholly or in part as an indemnity for loss sustained by the resumption by a Native Government of lands held under sanads purporting to confer a right in perpetuity. Such pensions shall.....

Pensions Act, 1871 Section 4

Title: Bar of Suit Relating to Pensions

State: Central

Year: 1871

Except as hereinafter provided, no Civil Court shall entertain any suit relating to any pension or grant of money or land-revenue conferred or made by the Government or by any former Government, whatever may have been the consideration for any such pension, or grant, and whatever may have been the nature of the payment, claim or right for which such pension or grant may have been substituted.

Pensions Act, 1871 Section 11

Title: Exemption of Pension from Attachment

State: Central

Year: 1871

No pension granted or continued by Government on political considerations, or on account of past services or present infirmities or as a compassionate allowance, and no money due or to become due on account of any such pension or allowance, shall be liable to seizure, attachment or sequestration by process of any Court, at the instance of a creditor, for any demand against the pensioner, or in satisfaction of a decree or order of any such Court. This section applies also to pensions granted or continued, after the separation of Burma from India, by the Government of Burma.