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The Pandharpur Temples Act, 1973 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....with the approval of the Charity Commissioner, make in that behalf; (u) "pujari" means a person who exercises the hereditary right of performing the actual act of worship (and the Badves cannot prevent the same from being performed), such as, bathing and dressing and undressing the idol, putting on and removing ornaments, flowers, garlands and sandal paste and waving the arti or offering naivedya to the idol at the relevant time of performing nitya or daily or naimittik or occasional services in the Temple of God Vitthal, and of appropriating or receiving income including Ovalni or waved offering whether deposited or given to the pujari (after dakshina is deposited) from the exercise of such hereditary right and privileges being a hereditary right and privilege recognised by the decision of the High Court in Gangaram Babaji Badve and others vs. Banaji Shankar and others (Appeal No. 90 of 1886) 1891 P. J. 182 ; and includes any other rights and privileges claimed or exercised under any order or decree of any court or otherwise; (v) "paricharak" means a person who exercises the hereditary right of being present at the early light waving or kakadarthi, of taking the torch from the.....

Exemptions from Land Revenue (No.1) Act, 1863 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1863

.....and who have dispensed with an inquiry into such title, the said lands shall (subject to the enactments contained in Section 3 (The words "of this Act" were repealed by the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1886 (Bom. 3 of 1886), Schedule B. This Schedule is printed as an Appendix to the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904 (Bom.1 of 1904).) [* * *]) be the heritable and transferable property of the said holders, their heirs and assigns, without restriction, as to adoption, collateral succession or transfer; and such lands shall thenceforth be continued, in perpetuity subject to an annual (The words "payment to the Provincial Government" were substituted for the words "payment to Government" by the Adaptation of Indian Laws Order in Council.) [payment to the Provincial Government]. Such payment shall consist of- (1) a fixed annual payment as nazrana, in commutation of all claims [of the Crown] in respect of succession and transfer, and shall be calculated at the rate of the one anna for each rupee of assessment; (2) of a quit-rent equal to one-fourth of the assessment. The said assessment shall be ascertainable under the following rules:- Rules for ascertaining amount of.....

Government of India Act, 1935 [Repealed] Schedule VI

Title: Sixth Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1935

.....or a lessee, and "own" shall be construed accordingly; "tenant" as respects any land in a rural area means a tenant as defined in the Agra Tenancy Act, 1926, or the Oudh Rent Act, 1685, as the case may be, and does not include a sub-tenant, and as respects any house or building means a person who occupies it on payment of rent, or in the case of a house, not situate in military of police lines, a person who occupies it rent free by virtue of any office, service of employment; "under-proprietor" means an under-proprietor as defined in the Oudh Rent Act, 1886; "Khaikar" means a person recorded as such in the records of rights of land in the Hill Pattis of Kumaun; "building" means abuilding as defined in the United Provinces Municipalities Act, 1916; "rental value" means the value of a houses or building based on the amount rent; "municipal tax" and ''house or building tax," means the taxes respectively known by those names imposed under the United Provinces Municipalities Act, 1916, the United Provinces Town Areas Act, 1914, and the Cantonments Act, 1924; "urban area" means a municipality or notified area (as defined in sub-section (9) of section two, and sub-section.....

Government of India Act, 1915-19 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Government of India Act, 1935

State: Central

Year: 1915

.....of ministers. (3) If any question arises whether any matter is or is not a matter as respects which the Governor-General is by or under this Act required to act in his discretion or to exercise his individual judgment, the decision, of the Governor-General in his discretion shall be final, and the validity of anything done by the Governor-General shall not be called in question on the ground that he ought or ought not to have acted in his discretion, or ought or ought not to have exercised his individual judgment]. ___________________________ 1.These words up to the end of the section were omitted, by the India (Provisional Constitution) Order, 1947. 10. Other Provisions as to ministers (1) The Governor-General's ministers shall be chosen and summoned by him, shall be sworn as members of the council, and shall hold office during his pleasure. (2) A minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of 1 [either Chamber of] the Federal Legislature shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a minister. (3) The salaries of ministers shall be such as the Federal Legislature may from time to time by Act determine and, until the Federal.....

The Assam Value Added Tax Act, 2003 Complete Act

State: Assam

Year: 2003

.....for carrying out the purposes of the Act; (11) "company" and "director" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Companies Act. 1956; (Central Act 1 of 1958) (12) "contractee" means any person for whom or for whose benefit a works contract is executed; (13) "contractor" means any person who executes a works contract and includes a sub-contractor; (14) "to cultivate personally" with all its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means to carry on any agricultural operation on one's own account,- (i) by one's own labour, or (ii) by the labour of one's family, or (iii) by servants on wages payable in cash or kind (but not in crop share), or by hired labour under one's personal supervision or the personal supervision of any member of one's family. Explanation I.- A widow or a minor, or a person who is subject to any physical or mental disability or is a serving member of the armed forces of the Union, shall be deemed to cultivate land personally if it is cultivated by her or his servants or by hired labour. Explanation II.- In the case of a Hindu Undivided Family, land shall be deemed to be cultivated personally, if it is cultivated by.....

Karnataka Tax on Entry of Goods Act, 1979 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Karnataka

Year: 1979

.....Taxes in the State; 7 [(3a) "8 [Joint Commissioner]" means the 8 [Joint Commissioner] ofCommercial Taxes appointed under the Karnataka Sales Tax Act,1957 (Karnataka Act 25 of 1957) ;] 9 [(4) 'dealer' means any person who in the course of business, whether on his own account or on account of a principal or any other person, brings, or causes to be brought into a local area any goods or takes delivery or is entitled to take delivery of goods on its entry into a local area and includes an occasional dealer. Explanation I.--An industrial, commercial or trading undertaking of theGovernment of Karnataka, the Central Governement or any other State Government, a local authority, a company, a Hindu undivided family, an Aliyasanthana family, a firm, a society, a club or an association which carries on such business shall be deemed to be a dealer for purposes of this Act. Explanation II.--A society (including a co-operative society) club or firm or an association which, whether or not in the course of business, buys, sells, supplies or distributes goods from or to its members for cash, or for deferred payment or for commission, remuneration or other valuable consideration, shall.....

Karnataka Tax on Entry of Goods Act, 1979 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Karnataka

Year: 1979

.....Taxes in the State; 7 [(3a) "8 [Joint Commissioner]" means the 8 [Joint Commissioner] ofCommercial Taxes appointed under the Karnataka Sales Tax Act,1957 (Karnataka Act 25 of 1957) ;] 9 [(4) 'dealer' means any person who in the course of business, whether on his own account or on account of a principal or any other person, brings, or causes to be brought into a local area any goods or takes delivery or is entitled to take delivery of goods on its entry into a local area and includes an occasional dealer. Explanation I.--An industrial, commercial or trading undertaking of theGovernment of Karnataka, the Central Governement or any other State Government, a local authority, a company, a Hindu undivided family, an Aliyasanthana family, a firm, a society, a club or an association which carries on such business shall be deemed to be a dealer for purposes of this Act. Explanation II.--A society (including a co-operative society) club or firm or an association which, whether or not in the course of business, buys, sells, supplies or distributes goods from or to its members for cash, or for deferred payment or for commission, remuneration or other valuable consideration, shall.....

Government of Punjab Department of Finance(the Punjab Civil Services Rules) Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1984

.....in the case of services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union and of the State respectively, it was not considered necessary to enact the Act, referred to above. 2. In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of the Punjab issued the rules as contained in the First Edition and reprint thereof. Since the issue of the First Edition (reprint)m there have been several changes in the Leave Rules any Pay Fixation Rules, and enhanced powers have been delegated to the various authorities during 1962. The present edition incorporates correction slips Nos.1 to 222, amendments Nos. 1 to 30 of 1962 and 1 to 26 of 1963 to the First Edition (reprint), and thus brings the compilation up-to-date. 3. From Ist November 1956, the erstwhile State of Pepsu and Punjab have been integrated into the new State called Punjab. Under proviso to Section 115 (7) of the States Re-organisation Act, 1956, no rule can be amended or made, which would adversely affect the conditions of service of the employees of the erstwhile States of Punjab and Pepsu, except with the specific approval of the Government of India. Accordingly,.....

Calcutta Improvement Act, 1911 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1911

.....; AND WHEREAS the sanction of the Governor-General has been obtained, under section 5 of the Indian Councils Act, 1892, to the provisions of this Act, which affect Acts passed by the Governor-General of India in Council ; AND WHEREAS the sanction of the Governor-General has also been obtained, under section 43 of the Indian Councils Act, 1861, to the enactment of the provisions of Chapter V of this Act, relating to taxation ; It is hereby enacted as follows : CHAPTER 1 Preliminary Section 1 Short title, commencement and extent (1) This Act may be called the Calcutta Improvement Act,1911. (2) It shall come into force on such day22. See Notification No. 1148, dated the 30.10.1911. as the 33. Words subst. by the Adaptation o Laws Order, 1950. [State Government] may, by notification, direct. (3) Except as otherwise hereinafter provided, this Act shall extend only to the Calcutta Municipality ; but any provision which extends only to the Calcutta Municipality may be extended by the 33. Words subst. by the Adaptation o Laws Order, 1950. [State Government], entirely or in part, by notification, under the procedure prescribed by section 148, to any specified area in the.....

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Chapter 2

Title: Of Contracts, Voidable Contracts and Void Agreements

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....him to enter into the contract : (1) the suggestion, as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who does not believe it to be true; (2) the active concealment of a fact by one having knowledge or belief of the fact; (3) a promise made without any intention of performing it; (4) any other act fitted to deceive; (5) any such act or omission as the law specially declares to be fraudulent. Explanation.-Mere silence as to facts likely to affect the willingness of a person to enter into a contract is not fraud, unless the circumstances of the case are such that, regard being had to them, it is the duty of the person keeping silence to speak2 , or unless his silence is, in itself, equivalent to speech. Illustrations (a) A sells, by auction, to B, a horse which A knows to be unsound. A says nothing to B about the horse's unsoundness. This is not fraud in A. (b) B is A's daughter and has just come of age. Here, the relation between the parties would make it A's duty to tell B if the horse is unsound. (c) B says to A-"If you do not deny it, I shall assume that the horse is sound." A says nothing. Here, A's silence is equivalent to speech. (d) A and B, being.....