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Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1995

CABLE TELEVISION NETWORKS (REGULATION) ACT, 1995 CABLE TELEVISION NETWORKS (REGULATION) ACT, 1995 [Act No. 7 of Year 1995, dated 25-3-1995] Promulgated by the President in the Forty-fifth Year of the Republic of India. An Act to regulate the operation of cable television networks in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-sixth year of the Republic of India as follows: - CHAPTER 1: PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act,1995. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 29th day of September, 1994. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "cable operator' means any person who provides cable service through a cable television network or otherwise controls or is responsible for the management and operation of a cable television network; (b) "cable service" means the transmission by cables of programmes including re-transmission by cable of any broadcast television signals; (c) "cable television network" means.....

Young Persons (Harmful Publication) Act, 1956 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1956

In this Act,-- (a) "harmful publication" means any book, magazine, pamphlet, leaflet, news-paper or other like publication which consists of stories told with the aid of pictures or without the aid of pictures or wholly in pictures, being stories portraying wholly or mainly-- (i) the commission of offences; or (ii) acts of violence or cruelty; or (iii) incidents of a repulsive or horrible nature; in such a way that the publication as a whole would tend to corrupt a young person into whose hands it might fall, whether by inciting or encouraging him to commit offences or acts of violence or cruelly or in any other manner whatsoever; (b) "State Government" in relation to a Union territory, means the administrator thereof; (c) "young person" means a person under the age of twenty years.

GOA CHILDREN'S ACT, 2003 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2003

.....Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986; (b) all forms of non-hazardous employment as defined in the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act,1986 (Act61ofl986) and Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Act, 1973 (Act No. 13 of 1974) and Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Rules, 1975; (c) all forms of domestic employment, meaning employment in households, doing work of a domestic nature, either temporarily, permanently, piece-rated or part time;. (d) all forms of self employment meaning labour such as rag-picking, plastic bag selling, nut selling, running errands, carrying load of shoppers etc. (3) All Children who are identified as child labourers shall be immediately released therein and placed in a registered Children's Home or a State run institution or any other place identified under the Plan of Action. (4) The State shall ensure that a satisfactory Rehabilitation Programme is in position before taking action on this. (5) The punishment for violation of the provisions of this section shall be as unden- (a) for all forms of hazardous employment, a fine of Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand only) with simple imprisonment of one year for the.....

Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....(1) in respect of any publication it shall be lawful for any police officer to seize the same wherever found in the territories to which this Act extends. SECTION 05: APPEAL TO HIGH COURT AGAINST ORDER OF FORFEITURE Any person aggrieved by an. order of forfeiture passed by the State Government under Sec. 4-may, within sixty days of the date of such order apply to the High Court to set aside the order, and upon such application the High Court may pass such order as it deems fit. SECTION 06: POWER TO SEIZE AND DESTROY HARMFUL PUBLICATIONS (1) Any police officer or any other officer empowered in this behalf by the State Government may seize harmful publication. (2) Any Magistrate of the first class may, by warrant, authorize any police officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector to enter and search any place where any stock of harmful publication may be or may be reasonably suspected to be, and such police officer may seize any publication found in such place if in his opinion it is a harmful publication. (3) Any publication seized under the dub section(1) shall be produced, as soon as may be, before a Magistrate of the first class, and any publication seized.....