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The Shimla Road Users & Pedestrians (Public Safety & Convenience) Act, 2007 Complete Act

State: Himachal

Year: 2007

.....USERS & PEDESTRIANS (PUBLIC SAFETY & CONVENIENCE) ACT, 2007 THE SHIMLA ROAD USERS & PEDESTRIANS (PUBLIC SAFETY & CONVENIENCE) ACT, 2007 [Act No. 2 of 2008] [13th February, 2008] PREAMBLE An ACT to restore the sanctity of the Shimla Mall Road by preventing its use as a thoroughfare and to provide for regulation of vehicular traffic in the interest of public safety and convenience on the sealed and restricted roads of Shimla town to prevent annoyance and injury to pedestrians and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Fifty- eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Shimla Road Users and Pedestrians (Public Safety and Convenience) Act, 2007. (2) It extends to the Municipal limits of Shimla Town. (3) It shall come into force at once. Section 2 - Definitions (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) ˜Assistant Commissioner' means Assistant Commissioner, appointed by the State Government under section 9 of the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1953; (b).....

The Jharkhand Municipal Act, 2011 Complete Act

State: Jharkhand

Year: 2011

.....or the Nagar Panchayat, the Executive Officer of the Municipal Council or the Nagar Panchayat; (47) "Factory" means a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948; (48) "Filth" means (a) night soil or other contents of latrines, cesspools and drains; (b) dirt, dung, refuse, useless or offensive materials thrown out in consequence of any process of manufacture, industry or trade; and (c) putrid or putrifying substance, (49) "Finance Commission" means the State Finance Commission constituted under Article 243-I of the Constitution of India and referred to in section 97 of this Act; (50) "Food" includes every article used for food or drink by man, other than drugs or water, and any article which ordinarily enters into, or is used in the composition or preparation of, human food, and also includes confectionery, flavouring and colouring matters, spices and condiments; (51) "Footpath" means a pavement, for use by pedestrians; (52) "Goods" include animals; (53) "Government" means the State Government of Jharkhand; (54) "Holding" means land held under one title or agreement and surrounded by one set of boundaries: Provided that, where two or more adjoining holdings held by the same.....

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1988

..... (6) "conductor's licence" means the licence issued by a competent authority under Chapter III authorising the person specified therein to act as a conductor; (7) "contract carriage" means a motor vehicle which carries a passenger or passengers for hire or reward and is engaged under a contract, whether expressed or implied, for the use of such vehicle as a whole for the carriage of passengers mentioned therein and entered into by a person with a holder of a permit in relation to such vehicle or any person authorised by him in this behalf on a fixed or an agreed rate or sum- (a) on a time basis, whether or not with reference to any route or distance; or (b) from one point to another, and in either case, without stopping to pick up or set down passengers not included in the contract anywhere during the journey, and includes- (i) a maxicab; and (ii) a motorcab notwithstanding the separate fares are charged for its passengers; (8) "dealer" includes a person who is engaged- (a) 1 [ x x x] (b) in building bodies for attachment to chassis; or (c) in the repair of motor vehicles; or (d) in the business of hypothecation, leasing or hire-purchase of motor vehicle; (9).....

Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1980

..... (7) "building of the warehouse class" means a building, the whole or a substantial part of which is used, or intended to be used, as a warehouse, factory, manufactory, brewery, or distillery, or for any similar purpose, which is neither a "domestic building" nor a "public building" as defined in this section, and includes a hut used or intended to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in this clause; (8) "bustee" means an area containing land not less than seven hundred square metres in area occupied by or for the purposes of any collection of huts or other structures used or intended to be used for human habitation. Explanation.-If any question arises as to whether any particular area is or is not a bustee, the Corporation shall decide the question and its decision shall be final; (9) "Kolkata" means the area described in Schedule I; 3 Clause (10) omitted by s. 2 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1996 (West Ben. Act VI of 1996) (with retrospective effect from 4.12.1995), which was earlier as under: '(10) "candidate" in section 75 and in Schedule III means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election of a Councillor or who claims.....

The Sikkim Municipalities Act, 2007 Complete Act

State: Sikkim

Year: 2007

THE SIKKIM MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 2007 THE SIKKIM MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 2007 (Act No. 5 of 2007) AN ACT To provide for the municipal governance in the State of Sikkim in conformity with the provisions of the Constitution of India as amended by the Constitution (Seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992, based on the principles of participation in, and decentralization, autonomy, and accountability of, urban self-government at various levels, to improve the quality of life of the urban dwellers of Sikkim, to introduce reforms in financial management and accounting systems, to enhance internal resource generation capacity, to improve the organizational design of Municipalities, to ensure professionalization of the municipal personnel, and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Sikkim in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- PART I PRELIMINARY Chapter I Short title, extend and commencement. 1 (1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Municipalities Act, 2007. (2) It extends to the whole of Sikkim except the cantonments. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State.....

Assam Highways Act, 1989 Complete Act

State: Assam

Year: 1989

ASSAM HIGHWAYS ACT, 1989 ASSAM HIGHWAYS ACT, 1989 [ Act No. 18 of 1995] [ 22nd August, 1995] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the regulation of road development and Road transport in State of Assam Whereas it is expedient to provide generally for the regulation of road development and road transport so as secure for the public such conditions as will ensure the maximum efficiency of all means of road along roads, in the State of Assam. It is hereby enacted in the Fortieth year of the Republic of India as follows, namely : Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Assam Highways Act, 1989. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Assam. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint. Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context - (1) "animal" means any elephant, camel, horse, ass, mule, cattle, sheep or goat; (2) "betterment" when applied to land means the increase in the value of any land arising from the execution in its vicinity of a highway development scheme at.....

The Tamil Nadu Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1959 Complete Act

State: Tamil Nadu

Year: 1959

.....Act 8 of 1994) [(dd) "State Transport Undertaking" means a State Transport Undertaking as defined in clause (42) of Section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988)] (Inserted by Tamil Nadu Act 39 of 1986) (e) "Traffic Committee" means a Traffic Committee constituted under Section 3-B and having jurisdiction. 3. Penalty for disfigurement by objectionable advertisements. " Whoever affixes to, or inscribes or exhibits on, any place open to public view any objectionable advertisement of either description for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to ( Substituted by Tamil Nadu Act 55 of 1992 ) [five thousand rupees] or with both. (Inserted by Tamil Nadu Act 39 of 1986) [3 -A . Penalty for disfigurement by certain categories of unauthorised advertisements without permission. " (1) (Ibid) [Subject to the provisions of Section 4-A, and without prejudice to the provisions of section 4,] whoever, without the previous permission of the Traffic Committee, affixes to, or inscribes or exhibits on, any place open to public view any advertisement which " (a) obstructs the line of vision of any person or the driver of any vehicle using.....

West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1993

.....epidemic, endemic, or infectious disease which the State Government may, by notification, declare to be a dangerous disease for the purposes of this Act; 44. Clause (15A) ins, by W.B. Act 45 of 1994. (15A) "District Magistrate" means the District Magistrate referred to in sub-section (1) of S.20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; 55. Clauses (15B) and (15C) ins. by W.B. Act 32 of 1997. (15B) "District Planning Committee" means the District Planning Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of S.3 of the West Bengal District Planning Committee Act, 1994, and includes the Siliguri Sub-Division Planning Committee; 55. Clauses (15B) and (15C) ins. by W.B. Act 32 of 1997. (15C) "Draft Development Plan" means the Draft Development Plan prepared under section 297; (16) "drain" includes a sewer, a house-drain, a drain of any other description, a tunnel, a culvert, a ditch, a channel and any other device for carrying of sullage, sewage, offensive matter, polluted water, rain-water or subsoil water; (17) "drug" means any substance used as medicine or in the composition or preparation of medicines, whether for internal or external use, but does not include a drug within the.....

Karnataka Traffic Control Act, 1960 Chapter 2

Title: Control of Traffic

State: Karnataka

Year: 1960

.....or marked on the road or erected or displayed for the purpose of regulating traffic other than motor vehicle traffic under sub-section (1) of section 4. Section 7 - Signals The driver of a vehicle shall on the occasions specified in the Third Schedule make the signals specified therein. Section 8 - Leaving vehicle or animal in dangerous position No person in charge of a vehicle or animal shall cause or allow the vehicle or animal to remain at rest on any highway in such a position or in such a condition or in such circumstances as to cause or is likely to cause danger, obstruction or undue inconvenience to other users of the highway or public place. Section 9 - Towing of person riding cycle No driver of a vehicle shall tow a person riding a cycle and no person riding a cycle shall allow himself to be towed by any other vehicle. Section 10 - Leaving vehicle or animal unattended No person in charge of a vehicle or animal shall allow such vehicle or animal to stand or proceed on a highway or public place unless it is under adequate control. Section 11 - Duty of driver to stop in certain cases (1) The driver of a vehicle or animal shall cause the vehicle or.....

Karnataka Traffic Control Act, 1960 Section 14

Title: Power to Make Rules for Control of Traffic

State: Karnataka

Year: 1960

.....than two cycles abreast; (n) limiting the age of drivers of vehicles; (o) the inspection of loads carried on vehicles and animals; (p) the use of nose-ropes for animals; (q) regulating the driving of vehicles and animals at night; (r) regulating the use of highways by pedestrians; (s) generally, the prevention of danger, injury or annoyance to the public or any person, or of danger or injury to property or of obstruction to traffic; (t) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed. (3) The rules made under this section shall take effect on such date as may be specified in such rules and such date shall not be earlier than one month from the date of their publication of such rules in the official Gazette. ___________________ 1. Substituted by Act 25 of 1986 w.e.f. 28.5.1986.