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Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....To meet the immediate requirements of the country soon after independence the Merchant Shipping Laws. (Extension to Acceding States and Amendment) Act, 1949 was enacted, by which the British Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1938 were extended to the Acceding States (later known as Part B States) and Indian Consular Officers were empowered to perform functions in relation to Indian ships outside India and provision was made to enable Government to prescribe the proper national colours for ships registered in India, The Control of Shipping Act, 1947, was another short-term measure which continued the war-time control over Indian shipping and controlled the coastal trade by a system of licensing. This Act, which has been renewed from time to time, is due to expire on the 31st March, 1958. 3. The present Bill revises and consolidates all laws in force in India relating to merchant shipping, whether passed by the British Parliament or the Indian Legislature, and makes provision for the matters discussed in the succeedihg paragraphs, which also indicate the principal changes made in the law ........... -Gaz. of Ind., 1958, Extra., Pt. II, S. 2, p. 203.Act 21 of 1966.- The minimum.....

Telegraph Act, 1885 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1885

.....to amend th law relating to telegraphs in India; It is hereby enacted as follows :- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, LOCAL EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885. 1[(2) It extends to the whole of India2[* * *].] (3) It shall come into force on the first day of October, 1885. SECTION 02: REPEAL AND SAVINGS [Rep. by the Repeating Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). Sec. 2 and Sch.] SECTION 03: DEFINITIONS -In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context,- 3[(1) "telegraph" means any appliance, instrument, material or apparatus used or capable of use for transmission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images, and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, visual or other electro-magnetic emissions. Radio waves or Hertzian waves, galvanic, electric or magnetic means; Explanation.- "Radio waves" or Hertzian waves" means electromagnetic waves of frequencies lower than 3,000 giga-cycles per sound propagated in space without artificial guide.] (2) "telegraph officer" means any person employed either permanently or temporarily in connection with a telegraph established, maintained or worded by4[the Central Government] or by a.....

The Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1971

.....UNIONS AND PREVENTION OF UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICES ACT, 1971 THE MAHARASHTRA RECOGNITION OF TRADE UNIONS AND PREVENTION OF UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICES ACT, 1971 MAHARASHTRA ACT NO. I OF 19722 1st February 1972 An Act to provide for the recognition of trade unions for facilitating collective bargaining for certain undertakings, to state their rights, and obligations; to confer certain powers on unrecognised unions; to provide for declaring certain strikes and lock-outs as illegal strikes and lock-outs; lo define and provide for the prevention of certain unfair labour practices; to constitute courts (as independent machinery) for carrying out the purposes of according recognition to trade unions and for enforcing the provisions relating to unfair practices; and to provide for matters connected with the purposes aforesaid. WHEREAS, by Government Resolution, Industries and Labour Department, No. IDA. 1367-LAB-Il, dated the 14th February 1968, the Government of Maharashtra appointed a Committee called "the Committee on Unfair Labour Practices" for defining certain activities of employers and workers and their organisations which should be treated as unfair labour practices and.....

Petroleum Act, 1934 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1934

.....which of them do not contain.a provision for laying of rules framed thereunder before Parliament and should incorporate such a provision in those Acts. As the Petroleum Act, 1934, docs not contain such a provision, the Bill seeks to include such a provision in that Act. 2. The opportunity is availed of to change tile reference to the Chief Inspector of Explosives in India and Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, into references to the Chief Controller of Explosives and Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. respectively.-S.O.R. Guz.. of Ind., 20-7-1977. Pt. II, S. 2 Ext.. p. 417.An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the import, transport, storage, production, refining and blending of petroleum b [* * * *] Whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the import, transport, storage, production, refining and blending of petroleum b [ * * * *]; It is hereby enacted as follows :- CHAPTER 1 : PRELIMINARY SECTION 1 : Short title, extent and commencement ( 1 ) This Act may be called (The Petroleum Act, 1934) . 3 (a) [a] Substituted for sub-section (2) by A.L.O.. 1950 (26-1-1950). [(2) It extends to the whole of India 3 (b) [b] The words 'except the.....

Petroleum Act, 1934 (30 of 1934) Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1934

.....of human beings, animals or goods, by land, water or air, in which petroleum is used to generate the motive power; (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act. 5[***"] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1970, Section 3, for clause (b) (w.e.f. 1-8-1976). 2. Substituted by Act 24 of 1970, Section 3, for "flashing-point" (w.e.f. 1-8-1976). 3. Substituted by Act 24 of 1970, Section 3, for clause (d) (w.e.f. 1-8-1976). 4. Substituted by Act 62 of 1956, Section 2 and Sch., for "the territories to which this Act extends" (w.e.f. 1-11-1956). 5. Clause (i) Inserted by the A.O. 1950 and omitted by Act 3 of 1951, Section 3 and Sch.

Customs Act, 1962 Chapter 6

Title: Provisions Relating to Conveyances Carrying Imported or Exported Goods

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....no fraudulent intention, he may permit such manifest or report to be amended or supplemented. ____________________ 1. Omitted by Finance (No.2) Act, 2004, section 66. Prior to omission it stood as "Provided that if the agent of the person-in-charge of the conveyance furnishes such security as the proper officer deems sufficient for duly delivering within seven days from the date of departure of the conveyance the export manifest or the export report, as the case may be, the proper officer may (subject to such rules as the Central Government may make in this behalf) accept such manifest or report within the aforesaid period". Section 42 - No conveyance to leave without written order (1) The person-in-charge of a conveyance which has brought any imported goods or has loaded any export goods at a customs station shall not cause or permit the conveyance to depart from that customs station until a written order to that effect has been given by the proper officer. (2) No such order shall be given until- ( a) the person-in-charge of the conveyance has answered the questions put to him under section 38; ( b) the provisions of section 41 have been complied with; ( c) the.....

Customs Act, 1962 Chapter 14

Title: Confiscation of Goods and Conveyances and Imposition of Penalties

State: Central

Year: 1962

..... Section 112 - Penalty for improper importation of goods, etc Any person, -- ( a) who, in relation to any goods, does or omits to do any act which act or omission would render such goods liable to confiscation under section 111, or abets the doing or omission of such an act, or ( b) who acquires possession of or is in any way concerned in carrying, removing, depositing, harbouring, keeping, concealing, selling or purchasing, or in any other manner dealing with any goods which he knows or has reason to believe are liable to confiscation under section 111, shall be liable, -- ( i) in the case of goods in respect of which any prohibition is in force under this Act or any other law for the time being in force, to a penalty1[not exceeding the value of the goods or five thousand rupees], whichever is the greater; ( ii) in the case of dutiable goods, other than prohibited goods, to a penalty1[not exceeding the duty sought to be evaded on such goods or five thousand rupees], whichever is the greater; 2[( iii) in the case of goods in respect of which the value stated in the entry made under this Act or in the case of baggage, in the declaration made under section 77.....

Indian Stamp Act, 1899 Section 28

Title: Direction as to Duty in Case of Certain Conveyances

State: Central

Year: 1899

.....shall be chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect of the distinct part of the consideration therein specified. (3) Where a person, having contracted for the purchase of an property but not having obtained a conveyance thereof, contracts to sell the same to any other person and the property is in consequence conveyed immediately to the sub-purchaser the conveyance shall be chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect of the consideration for the sale by the original purchaser to the sub-purchaser. (4) Where a person, having contracted for the purchase of an property but not having obtained a conveyance thereof, contracts to sell the whole, or any part thereof, to any other person or persons and the property is in consequence conveyed by the original seller to different persons in parts, the conveyance of each part sold to a sub-purchaser shall be chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect only of the consideration paid by such sub-purchaser, without regard to the amount or value of the original consideration; and the conveyance of the residue (if any) of such property to the original purchaser shall be chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect only of the excess of the.....

Customs Act, 1962 Section 115

Title: Confiscation of Conveyances

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....it was so used without the knowledge or connivance of the owner himself, his agent, if any, and the person in charge of the conveyance or animal1[***]: Provided that where any such conveyance is used for the carriage of goods or passengers for hire, the owner of any conveyance shall be given an option to pay in lieu of the confiscation of the conveyance a fine not exceeding the market price of the goods which are sought to be smuggled or the smuggled goods, as the case may be. Explanation -In this section, "market price" means market price at the date when the goods are seized. ________________________ 1. Certain words omitted by Act 26 of 1988, section 79 (w.e.f. 13-5-1988).

New Delhi Municipal Council Act 1994 Section 289

Title: Contamination and Disinfection of Public Conveyance

State: Central

Year: 1994

.....notify such use to the owner, driver, or person in charge of the conveyance, and further report without delay to the Chairperson the number of the conveyance and the name of the person so notified. (2) Where any person suffering from, or the corpse of any person who has died from, a dangerous disease has been carried in public conveyance which ordinarily plies in New Delhi or any part thereof, the driver thereof shall forthwith report the fact to the Chairperson who shall forthwith cause the conveyance to be disinfected if that has not already been done. (3) No such conveyance shall be again brought into use until the officer authorised by the Chairperson has granted a certificate stating that it can be used without causing risk of infection. (4) Whoever fails to make to the Chairperson any report which he is required to make under this section shall be guilty of an offence.