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Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 Section 13

Title: Duty to Deliver Possession of Property and Documents Relating Thereto

State: Central

Year: 1956

(1) Where any property appertaining to the controlled business of an insurer has been transferred to and vested in the Corporation under this Act, then,- (a) every person, in whose possession, custody or control any such property may be, shall deliver the property to the corporation forthwith; (b) any person who, on the appointed day, has in his possession, custody or control any books, documents or other papers relating to such controlled business shall be liable to account for the said books, documents, and papers to the Corporation, and shall deliver them to the Corporation or to such person as the Corporation may direct. (2) In particular, all the assets of an insurer appertaining to life insurance business held in deposit by the Reserve Bank of India under the Insurance Act or by trustees in trust shall be delivered to the Corporation. (3) Without prejudice to the other provisions contained in this section, it shall be lawful for the Corporation to take all necessary steps for securing possession of all properties which have been transferred to and vested in it under this Act.

National Highways Act, 1956 Section 3E

Title: Power to Take Possession

State: Central

Year: 1956

(1) Where any land has vested in the Central Government under sub-section (2) of section 3D, and the amount determined by the competent authority under section 3G with respect to such land has been deposited under sub-section (1) of section 3H, with the competent authority by the Central Government, the competent authority may by notice in writing direct the owner as well as any other person who may be in possession of such land to surrender or deliver possession thereof to the competent authority or any person duly authorised by it in this behalf within sixty days of the service of the notice. (2) If any person refuses or fails to comply with any direction made under sub-section (1), the competent authority shall apply-- (a) in the case of any land situated in any area falling within the metropolitan area, to the Commissioner of Police; (b) in case of any land situated in any area other than the area referred to in clause (a), to the Collector of a District, and such Commissioner or Collector, as the case may be, shall enforce the surrender of the land, to the competent authority or to the person duly authorised by it.

West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1956

....."local authority" shall include the Board called the Trustees for the improvement of Calcutta, referred to in section 3 of the Calcutta Improvement Act, 1911 (Ben Act V of 1911), as well as any body corporate or authority that may hereafter be constituted under any law for the time being in force for the improvement of any municipality, town or cantonment. Section 2 Definition In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, [(a) "Calcutta" means the area described in Schedule I to the Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 (West Ben Act LIX of 1980);] (b) "Controller" means a Controller appointed under sub-section (1) of section 26 and includes an Additional Controller and a Deputy Controller appointed under sub-section (2) of that section ; (c) "fair rent" in relation to any premises means the fair rent referred to in section 8 or where the fair rent has been increased under section 9 such increased rent or where the fair rent has been revised under section 11 such revised rent ; [(cc) "hotel or lodging house" means an establishment where lodging with or without board or other service is provided for B monetary consideration;] (d) "landlord".....

Companies Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....as in the (Depositories Act, 1996) (22 of 1996); (12B) "derivative" has the same meaning as in clause (aa) of (S.2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956) (42 of 1956);] (13) "director" includes any person occupying the position of director, by whatever name called; (14) "District Court" means the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction in a district, but does not include a High Court in the exercise of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction ; [(14A) "dividend" includes any interim dividend;] (15) "document" includes summons, notice, requisition, order, other legal process, and registers, whether issued, sent or kept in pursuance of this or any other Act or otherwise ; [(15A) "employees stock option" means the option given to the whole-time directors, officers or employees of a company, which gives such directors, officers or employees the benefit or right to purchase or subscribe at a future date, the securities offered by the company at a pre-determined price;] (16) "existing company" means an existing company as defined in (section 3); (17) "financial year" means, in relation to any body corporate, the period in respect of which.....

The Orissa Prohibition Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1956

.....in the Schedule shall cease to be in force in such area to the extent specified in the fourth column of the Schedule. (2) The Orissa Prohibition Act, 1939 (Orissa Act VII of 1939) is hereby repealed. Section 3 - Definitions In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- (1) "alcohol" means ethyl alcohol of any strength and purity having the chemical composition C2, H5, OH.; (2) "to bottle" means to transfer liquor from a cask or other vessel to a bottle, jar, flask, pot or similar receptacle for the purpose of sale, whether any process of manufacture be employed or not , bottling includes rebottling; (3) "buy" or "buying" includes any receipt including gift; (4) "Collector" includes any person specially empowered by the State Government to exercise all or any of the powers and to perform all or any of the duties of a Collector under this Act; (5) "common drinking house" means a place where the drinking of liquor or consumption of any intoxicating drug is allowed for the profit or gain of the person owning, occupying, using, keeping or having the care or management or control of such place whether by way of charge for the use of the place of for.....

Medical Council Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....ACT, 1956 MEDICAL COUNCIL ACT, 1956 102 of 1956 30th December, 1956 "The objects of this Bill are to amend the Indian Medical Council Act, 1933 (Act 27 of 1933)- (a) to give representation to licentiate members of the medical profession, a large number of whom are still practising in the country, (b) to provide for the registration of the names of citizens of India who have obtained foreign medical qualifications which are not at present recognised .under the existing Act; (e) to provide for the temporary' recognition of medical qualifications granted by medical institutions in countries outside India with which no scheme of reciprocity exists in cases where the medical practitioners concerned are attached for the time being to any medical institution in India for the purpose of teaching or research or for any charitable object; (d) to provide for the formation of a Committee of Post-graduate Medical Education for the purpose of assisting the Medical Council of India to prescribe standards of post-graduate medical education for the guidance of Universities and to advise Universities in the matter of securing uniform standards for post-graduate medical education.....

Andhra Pradesh Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....means prescribed by rules made under this Act; and (iv) expressions used and not defined in this Act or in the Andhra Pradesh General Clauses Act, 1891 (Act I of 1891), but defined in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908-(Central Act V of 1908), shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the said Code. CHAPTER 02: LIABILITY TO PAY SECTION 04: LEVY OF FEE IN COURTS AND PUBLIC OFFICES No document which is chargeable with fee under this Act shall- (i) be filed, exhibited or recorded in, or be acted on or furnished by, any Court including the High Court, or (ii) be filed, exhibited or recorded in any public office, or be acted on or furnished by any public officer, except on payment of the fee chargeable in respect of such document under this Act: Provided that a document in respect of which the proper fee has not been paid may be filed or exhibited in a Criminal Court if the Court deems it necessary in the interests of justice to do so. SECTION 05: COLLECTION OF PROPER FEE ON DOCUMENTS When a document on which the whole or any part of the fee payable under this Act has not been paid is produced or received in any Court or public office, the Court or.....

Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Rules, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....or, to determine the capacity of any cask or receptacle; (xii) "laboratory" means that part of a non-bonded or bonded manufactory in which the actual manufacture of dutiable goods takes place; (xiii) "manufacturer" means a person to whom a licence has been granted for the manufacture of dutiable goods; (xiv) "officer-in-charge" means an officer of the Excise Department of any State appointed by the collecting Government to supervise work in a bonded manufactory or a bonded warehouse and includes officers of any other Department similarly appointed; (xv) "proper officer" means an Excise Officer in whose jurisdiction the premises of the manufacturer of any dutiable goods, or of any person engaged in the process of manufacture of,or trade in such goods or containers thereof, whether as manufacturer, wholesale dealer, or intended manufacturer or wholesale dealer, are situated; (xvi) "prove" means to test the strength of alcohol by hydrometer or other suitable instrument; (xvii) "quarter" means a period of three months beginning with 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st October; (xviii) "rectified spirit" means plain undenatured alcohol of a strength not less than 50.0.....

Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....Provision is necessary to prevent such eviction. 4. It is, therefore, considered necessary that a comprehensive Slum Improvement Clearance Act be enacted under which Government should have the necessary powers for carrying out the requisite improvements, acquisition or demolition of slum properties and for the prevention of eviction of tenants from slum areas. Even though the necessary legislation is required mainly for Delhi, it is considered that it is better if it is enacted for all the Union Territories except those ol Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands. The Bill, therefore, provides that the Act will come into force in a Union Territory only on such date as the Central Government may notify."-Gaz. of Ind., 15-12- 1956, Extra., Pt. II, section 2, p. 1169. Amending Act 43 of 1964.- The Act was passed to remove difficulties experienced in the working of the Act to facilitate and quicken slum clearance work, to require owners to restore the possession of the improved and redeveloped premises to the previous tenants on payment of a reasonable rent, and to give protection against eviction to tenants such as Amledars of premises in.....

Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....done before the appointed day. SECTION 09: GENERAL EFFECT OF VESTING OF CONTROLLED BUSINESS (1) Unless otherwise expressly provided by or under this Act, all contracts, agreements and other instruments of whatever nature subsisting or having effect immediately before the appointed day and to which an insurer whose controlled business has been transferred to and vested in the Corporation is a party or which are in favour of such insurer shall in so far as they relate to the controlled business of the insurer be of as full force and effect against or in favour of the Corporation, as the case may be, and may be enforced or acted upon as fully and effectually as if instead of the insurer, the Corporation had been a party thereto or as if they had been entered into or issued in favour of the Corporation. (2) If on the appointed day any suit, appeal or other legal proceeding of whatever nature is pending by or against an insurer, then, in so far as it relates to his controlled business it shall not abate, be discontinued or be in any way prejudicially affected by reason of the transfer to the Corporation of the business of the insurer or of anything done under this Act, but the suit,.....