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The (Bengal) Embankment Act, 1855 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1855

.....the Collector shall thereupon proceed to value and make compensation for such huts, trees and crops, in the manner prescribed in Section 12 of this Act. Section 8 - Section 8 Clause 1. Application by land-holder to have a sluice made in public embankment - If any land-holder, farmer or cultivator be desirous of having a sluice made in any public embankment for the purpose of drainage or irrigation, he shall make an application in writing to the Collector of the district in which such embankment is situate. The application shall contain such particulars of the land to be drained or irrigated as may enable the officers of the Crown to judge of the advantage which may be derived from the work, and shall declare as regards an embankment maintained at the expense of the State, whether the applicant is willing to bear such part, not exceeding half of the cost thereof, as may be determined by the Provincial Government; and, as regards any other public embankment whether the applicant is willing to defray the whole or such part of the cost incidental to and attendant on, the proposed work, as may be determined as aforesaid. Clause 2. Officer in immediate charge to report on.....

Civil Courts Amins Act, 1856 [Repealed] Section 5

Title: Duties of Amins

State: Central

Year: 1856

{The words "Subject to such general directions and restrictions as may from time to time be prescribed by the Sudder Court" were rep.by Act 12 of 1873.} The Civil Court Amins may be employed in any of the following duties: (i) in investigating or adjusting accounts in any suit or other judicial proceeding: (ii) in making local investigations when the Court may deem investigation on the spot to be requisite and proper for the purpose of elucidating the matters in dispute, or of ascertaining the amount of mesne profits or damages, in any suit or other judicial proceeding: (iii) in delivering over possession of lands, houses and other immovable property, in execution of decrees or orders of Court: (iv) in the sale of movable property, and of houses, gardens and other immovable property of the kind described {That is "orchards, or small portions of lakhiraj land".Ben.Reg.7 of 1825 was repealed by the Repealing Act, 1874 (16 of 1874), but not so as to affect the provisions referred to here, see s.1, para.2, of that Act} in section 3, Regulation 7, 1825: (v) in ascertaining the sufficiency of sureties and the means of persons suing in forma pauperis.

Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act, 1859 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1859

BENGAL LAND REVENUE SALES ACT, 1859 BENGAL LAND REVENUE SALES ACT, 1859 11 of 1859 4th May, 1859 An Act to improve the law relating to sales of land for arrears of revenue in the Lower Provinces under the Bengal Presidency. Preamble. Whereas it is expedient to discontinue the practice of obtaining the previous sanction of the Board of Revenue to sales of estates for arrears of revenue, or other demands of Government, in the Province of Cuttack; and whereas it is just that a person having a lien upon an estate, and paying the money necessary to protect it from sale for arrears of revenue, should be reasonably secured and whereas it is expedient to afford shares in estates, who duly pay their shares of the sadar jama of their estates, easy means of protecting their shares from sale by reason of the default of their co-sharers ; and whereas it is expedient to afford landholders, particularly absentees, facilities in guarding against the accidental sale of their estates for arrears of revenue by reason of the neglect or fraud of their agents ; and it is therefore proper, for the above and other purposes, to improve the law relating to sales of land for arrears of revenue.....

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....1908, `India', means the territory of India excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Under s. 2(e) of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969, `India' means for the purposes of this Act the territories to which this Act extends (i.e., whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir). According to s. 2(27) of Customs Act, 1962, `India' includes the territorial waters of India. SECTION 19: "JUDGE" The word "judge" denotes not only every person who is officially designated as a Judge, but also every person, who is empowered by law to give, in any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, a definitive judgement or a judgement which, if not appealed against, would be definitive, or a judgement which, if confirmed by some other authority, would be definitive, or who is one of a body of persons, which body of persons is empowered by law to give such a judgement. Illustrations (a) A Collector exercising jurisdiction in a suit under Act 10 of 1859, is a Judge. (b) A Magistrate exercising jurisdiction in respect of a charge on which he has power to sentence to fine or imprisonment, with or without appeal, is a Judge. (c) A member of a Panchayat which has power.....

Carriers Act, 1865 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1865

.....from responsibility is desirable or was intended. If. however, the word "only" be supplied after "anwerable" in the last line but three of the extract from the Railways Actas printed above, the Section becomes intelligible. It limits the liability of Railways Companies to the consequences of gross negligence or misconduct on the part of their agents or servants but declares that from this liability so limited they shall not be allowed to relieve themselves by any kind of contract. There cannot indeed be much doubt that the intention of the Legislature was to place all Railway Companies in what was once supposed to be the exact position of a carrier who had contracted for himself as favourably as the law of England would permit. It was, in fact. long supposed in England that. while a carrier could by contract relieve himself from most of his liabilities, his power of doing so slopped short of liability for negligence or misconduct. Such is the view of the law taken by Mr.Justice Storey in his "Commentaries on the Law of Bailnients" section 549. and such is under stood to be still the law in America. But a series of decisions in the English Courts overturned the older doctrine,.....

Bombay District Police Act, 1867 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1867

.....or to passengers; or Who, without sufficient cause, wilfully allows any offensive matter to issue on to any public thoroughfare from any house, factory, stable, privy or the like ; or Who deposits the bodies of dead animals, or refuse or filth of any description either in channels which in the rainy season feed any tank or reservoir set apart for drinking, or in other places where to deposit such is offensive to the community ; or Who, in disregard of established rules or the order of a Magistrate, stacks or stores grass or other inflammable material within fifty yards of a dwelling-house, outhouse or other buildings ; or fails to remove the same when so stacked or stored ; or Who disobeys the order of a Magistrate given in respect to land in or near towns, villages or dwelling-places, or in or near public roads and thoroughfares, for the pruning, of hedges, or removal of overgrown prickly pear or other vegetation, the unchecked growth of which is likely to be injurious to health; shall be punishable for every such offence, on conviction before a Magistrate, to the extent of fifty rupees fine, or, in default of payment, to imprisonment not exceeding eight days: Provided.....

The Bombay District Police Act, 1867 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1867

.....or to passengers; or Who, without sufficient cause, wilfully allows any offensive matter to issue on to any public thoroughfare from any house, factory, stable, privy or the like ; or Who deposits the bodies of dead animals, or refuse or filth of any description either in channels which in the rainy season feed any tank or reservoir set apart for drinking, or in other places where to deposit such is offensive to the community ; or Who, in disregard of established rules or the order of a Magistrate, stacks or stores grass or other inflammable material within fifty yards of a dwelling-house, out-house or other buildings ; or fails to remove the same when so stacked or stored ; or Who disobeys the order of a Magistrate given in respect to land in or near towns, villages or dwelling-places, or in or near public roads and thoroughfares, for the pruning, of hedges, or removal of overgrown prickly-pear or other vegetation, the unchecked growth of which is likely to be injurious to health; shall be punishable for every such offence, on conviction before a Magistrate, to the extent of fifty rupees fine, or, in default of payment, to imprisonment not exceeding eight days: .....

Divorce Act, 1869 Schedule 1

Title: Schedule of Forms

State: Central

Year: 1869

.....of........................, ........................ your petitioner, then a spinster, eighteen years of age, was married in fact, though not in law, to C.D., then a bachelor of about thirty years of age, at [some place in India]. 2. That from the said .................................... day of...................................., ...................................., until the month of .................................... your petitioner lived and cohabited with the said C.D., at diverse places, and particularly at aforesaid. 3. That the said C.D. has never consummated the said pretended marriage by carnal copulation. 4. That at the time of the celebration of your petitioner's pretended marriage, the said C.D. was, by reason of his impotency or malformation, legally incompetent to enter into the contract of marriage. 5. That there is no collusion or connivance between her and the said C.D. with respect to the subject of this suit. Your petitioner therefore prays that this (Hon'ble) Court will declare that the said marriage is null and void. (Signed) A.B. Form of Verification: See No. 1 STATE AMENDMENT 1 Uttar Pradesh: In Form No. 4,.....

Bombay Civil Courts Act, 1869 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1869

.....of Gujarat" for the words "State of Bombay", Guj. A.L.O. 1960. The Act, however, ceases to apply to the City of Ahmedabad- see Ahmedabad City Courts Act, 1961 (Guj.Act 19 of 1961), S. 19 [w.e.f. 4-11- 1961]. 3. Substituted for the words 'Royal Arms' by Bom Act 22 of 1949, S. 3. 4. Substituted lor the words "Joint Judge" by the Bombay Civil Courts (Amendment) Act (27 of 1984), S. 2(b) (27-9-1984). Amendments made by this clause are consequential as the rules of grammar may require. 6. Substituted for the words "Assistant Judge'' by the Bombay Civil Courts (Amendment) Act (27 of 1984), S. 2(a) (27-9-1984). Amendments made by this clause are consequential as the rules of grammar may require. 9. See foot note [a] under S. 12 supra. 14. Substituted for the words "original suits of which the subject-matter does not amount to forty thousand rupees in amount or value" by the Bom Civil Courts (Amendment) Act. 1982 (Maha. Act 10 of 1983). S.2(a) (1-1-1984). 15. Inserted by Bom Act 1 of 1900, S. 2. 16. Words "not being of the nature of appeals." omitted by Bom. Act 94 of 1958, S. 4(1-4-1959). 17. Substituted for the words "twenty five thousand rupees" by Bombay Civil Courts (Amendment).....

Bombay Civil Courts Act, 1869 Section 22

Title: Appointment of Civil Judges

State: Central

Year: 1869

The Judges of such subordinate Courts shall be appointed by the State Government and shall be called1[Civil Judges].2[* * * *].2[* * * *]. __________________________ 1. Sub stituted for the words "Subordinate Judges" by Bom. Act 10 of 1945, Section 3 read with Bom. Act 48 of 1947. Section 3. 2. Para speaking of qualifications of persons to be appointed as subordinate Judges, omitted by A.L. (Indian Laws) O., 1937 .