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Manoeurses, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act, 1938 Section 8

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1938

In this Chapter-- (a) " field firing" includes air armament practice ; (b) " notified area " means an area defined in a notification issued under sub-section (1) of section 9.

Manoeurses, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act, 1938 Section 9

Title: Power of State Government to Authorise Field Firing and Artillery Practice

State: Central

Year: 1938

.....throughout the notified area by publication in some newspaper circulating in and in the language commonly understood in that area and by beat of drum and by affixation in all prominent places of copies of the said notice in the language of the locality and in such other manner as may be prescribed by rules made under section 13 and shall be repeated by like publication one week as nearly as may be before the commencement of the period or of each period specified in the notification : Provided that the fact of the said beat of drum and affixation shall be verified in writing by one headman and two other literate inhabitants of the locality and provided further that such notice by the beat of drum shall be given seven and two days as nearly as may be before the commencement of such field firing and artillery practice.

Manoeurses, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act, 1938 Section 10

Title: Powers Exercisable for Purposes of Field Firing and Artillery Practice

State: Central

Year: 1938

.....of sections 3 and 4, any of the rights conferred by section 3 on forces engaged in military manceuvres : Provided that the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 3 shall not debar entry into, or interference with, any place specified in that sub-section, if it is situated in an area declared to be a danger zone under sub-section (2) of this section, to the extent that may be necessary to ensure the exclusion from it of persons and domestic animals : Provided further that in the case of a dwelling house occupied by women adequate warning shall be given through a local inhabitant and entry shall be effected after such warning in the presence of two respectable inhabitants of the locality. (2) The Officer Commanding the forces engaged in any such practice may, within the notified area or specified part thereof, declare any area to be a danger zone, and thereupon the Collector shall, on application made to him by the Officer Commanding the forces engaged in the practice, prohibit the entry into and secure the removal from such danger zone of all persons and domestic animals during the times when the discharge of lethal missiles is taking place or there is danger to life.....

Manoeurses, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act, 1938 Section 11

Title: Compensation

State: Central

Year: 1938

The provisions of sections 5 and 6 shall apply in the case of field firing and artillery practice as they apply in the case of military manceuvres : Provided that the compensation payable under this section shall include compensation for exclusion or removal from any place declared to be a danger zone of persons or domestic animals, such compensation to be disbursed at not less than the minimum rates prescribed by rules made under section 13 before the exclusion or removal is enforced, and shall also include compensation for any loss of employment or deterioration of crops resulting from any such exclusion or removal.

Manoeurses, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act, 1938 Section 12

Title: Offences

State: Central

Year: 1938

If, during any period specified in a notification issued under sub-section (2) of section 9, any person within a notified area-- (a) wilfully obstructs or interferes with the carrying out of field firing or artillery practice, or (b) without due authority enters or remains in any camp, or (c) without due authority enters or remains in any area declared to be a danger zone at a time when entry thereto is prohibited, or (d) without due authority interferes with any flag or mark or target or any apparatus used for the purposes of the practice, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to ten rupees.

Manoeurses, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act, 1938 Chapter III

Title: General

State: Central

Year: 1938

The State Government may, by notification in the local Official Gazette, make rules-- (a) prescribing the manner in which the notices required by sub-section (2) of section 2 and sub-section (3) of section 9 shall be published in the areas concerned ; (b) regulating the use under this Act of land for manceuvres or field firing and artillery practice in such manner as to secure the public against danger and to enable the manceuvre, or practice, to be carried out without interference and with the minimum inconvenience to the inhabitants of the areas affected ; (c) regulating the procedure of the Revenue Officers and commissions referred to in section 6 in such manner as to secure due publicity regarding the method of making claims for compensation and preferring appeals from original awards of compensation, the expeditious settlement of Claims and of appeals and the payment of compensation so far as possible direct to the claimants ; and (d) defining the principles to be followed by the Revenue Officers and commissions referred to in section 6 in assessing the amount of compensation to be awarded.

Manoeurses, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act, 1938 Section 13

Title: Power to Make Rules

State: Central

Year: 1938

The State Government may, by notification in the local Official Gazette, make rules-- (a) prescribing the manner in which the notices required by sub-section (2) of section 2 and sub-section (3) of section 9 shall be published in the areas concerned ; (b) regulating the use under this Act of land for manceuvres or field firing and artillery practice in such manner as to secure the public against danger and to enable the manceuvre, or practice, to be carried out without interference and with the minimum inconvenience to the inhabitants of the areas affected ; (c) regulating the procedure of the Revenue Officers and commissions referred to in section 6 in such manner as to secure due publicity regarding the method of making claims for compensation and preferring appeals from original awards of compensation, the expeditious settlement of Claims and of appeals and the payment of compensation so far as possible direct to the claimants ; and (d) defining the principles to be followed by the Revenue Officers and commissions referred to in section 6 in assessing the amount of compensation to be awarded.

Manoeurses, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act, 1938 Complete Act

Title: Manoeurses, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act, 1938

State: Central

Year: 1938

Preamble1 - MANOEURSES, FIELD FIRING AND ARTILLERY PRACTICE ACT, 1938 Section1 - Short title and extent Chapter I Section2 - Power of State Government to authorise manoeuvres Section3 - Powers exercisable for purposes of maneuvers Section4 - Duty of Officer Commanding to repair damage Section5 - Right to compensation for damage caused by manceuvres Section6 - Method of assessing compensation Section7 - Offences Chapter II Section8 - Definitions Section9 - Power of State Government to authorise field firing and artillery Practice Section10 - Powers exercisable for purposes of field firing and artillery practice Section11 - Compensation Section12 - Offences Chapter III Section13 - Power to make rules

Manoeuvres, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act, 1938 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1938

.....is prescribed by law for the assessment and payment of compensation for damage and inconvenience. The Indian practice is not altogether satisfactory from the point of view either of the public or of the Army, and it is felt that the time has come to regularize it by putting it on a legal basis. The object of the Bill is to secure this, legal authority; and its provisions follow closely those of the Military Manoeuvres Act and the Military Lands Act in England."-Gaz. of India, 1936, Part V, page 326. An Act to provide facilities for military manoeuvres and for field firing and artillery practice. Whereas it is expedient to provide facilities for military manoeuvres and for field Firing and artillery practice; It is hereby enacted as follows :- It has been applied to the District of Angul and the Districts of Koraput, the Khondmals and the Ganjam Agency tracts, see Orissa Gaz., 1948, Pt. III, pages 83 and 419 respectively: Angul District is now a sub-division of Dhenkanal district. This Act has been extended to the new Provinces and merged States by the Merged States (Laws) Act, 1949 (59 of 1949), section 3 (1-1-1950)and to the States of Manipur, Tripura and Vindhya Pradesh.....

Seaward Artillery Practice Act, 1949 Preamble 1

Title: Seaward Artillery Practice Act, 1949

State: Central

Year: 1949

1 SEAWARD ARTILLERY PRACTICE ACT, 1949 [ACT, No. 8 of 1949] [AS ON 1995] [17th February, 1949] PREAMBLE An Act to provide facilities for carrying out seaward artillery practice. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide facilities for carrying out seaward artillery practice ; It is hereby enacted as follows :- ________________________ 1. Seaward Artillery Practice Act, 1949 was amended by The Seaward Artillery Practice (Amendment) Act, 1973, on 13 March 1973.