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

Title: Manoeuvres

State: Central

Year: 1938

.....place or building reserved or used for the disposal of the dead, or any dwelling house or premises attached thereto or any educational institution, factory, workshop or store or any premises used for the carrying on of any trade, business or manufacture or any garden or pleasure ground, or any ancient monument as defined in section 2 of the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, l904. Section 4 - Duty of Officer Commanding to repair damage The Officer in Command of the military forces engaged in the manoeuvres shall cause all lands used under the powers conferred by this Chapter to be restored, as soon and as far as practicable, to their previous condition.. Section 5 - Right to compensation for damage caused by manceuvres Where a notification issued under section 2 authorises the execution of military manceuvres compensation shall be payable from the Defence Estimates for any damage to person or property or interference with rights or privileges arising from such maneuvres including expenses reasonably incurred in protecting person, property, rights and privileges. Section 6 - Method of assessing compensation (1) The Collector of the district in which any area utilised.....

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Manoeurses, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act, 1938 Section 3

Title: Powers Exercisable for Purposes of Maneuvers

State: Central

Year: 1938

.....of the military forces or of such amount as to curtail the supply ordinarily required by those entitled to the use of such water supply. (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall not authorise entry on or interference with any well or tank held sacred by any religious community or any place of worship or ground attached thereto except for the legitimate purpose of offering prayers or any place or building reserved or used for the disposal of the dead, or any dwelling house or premises attached thereto or any educational institution, factory, workshop or store or any premises used for the carrying on of any trade, business or manufacture or any garden or pleasure ground, or any ancient monument as defined in section 2 of the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, l904.

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

State: Central

Year: 1938

MANOEUVRES, FIELD FIRING AND ARTILLERY PRACTICE ACT, 1938 MANOEUVRES, FIELD FIRING AND ARTILLERY PRACTICE ACT, 1938 5 of 1938 [12th March, 1938] "To maintain the efficiency of the Army it is necessary-in India, as in every other country, to hold manoeuvres and to practice firing in open country from time to time. Manoeuvres take place over large areas and should preferably be held in different localities every year. Firing practice is of two kinds, either with artillery or with rifles or machine-guns. The latter may be sub-divided again into firing at targets on a rifle range and field firing, or practice in the open country under conditions similar to those of war. Manoeuvres, artillery practice and field firing, all involve, some invasion of private rights and a certain amount of damage to private property, because sufficient waste land for these purposes does not exist within reach of cantonments. It follows also that, in the interests of their safety, it may be necessary to exclude the owners of the land from it for short periods during such operations. At present with the co-operation of the civil authorities, local military authorities come to an agreement with.....

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Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 Section 9A

Title: Dead Rent to Be Paid by the Lessee

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....or the dead rent in respect of that area, whichever is greater. (2) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend the Third Schedule so as to enhance or reduce the rate at which the dead rent shall be payable in respect of any area covered by a mining lease and such enhancement or reduction shall take effect from such date as may be specified in the notification: Provided that the Central Government shall not enhance the rate of the dead rent in respect of any such area more than once during any period of2[three years].] ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 56 of 1972, section. 5 w.e.f. 12-9-1972. 2. Substituted by Act 37 of 1986, section. 9, for "four years" w.e.f. 10-2-1987.

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Karnataka Police Act, 1963 Section 33

Title: Power to Make Rules Prohibiting Disposal of the Dead Except at Places Set Apart

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

.....other prescribed officer of the Department of Public Health, grant to such person permission to dispose of the corpse of any deceased person at any place other than a place so set apart, if in its or his opinion such disposal is not likely to cause obstruction to traffic or disturbance of the public peace or is not objectionable for any other reason. (2) Any rules made under sub-section (1) shall specify the places set apart for the disposal of the dead of different communities or sections of communities. (3) All such rules shall be subject to the condition of previous publication for a period of not less than two months and shall be made after consultation with the Health Officer of the area concerned or other prescribed officer of the Department of Public Health. Explanation.--For the purpose of this section, a place set apart for the disposal of the dead means a place set apart for such purpose under any custom, usage or law for the time being in force.

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Bombay Police Act, 1951, (Maharashtra) Section 35

Title: Power to Make Rules Prohibiting Disposal of the Dead Except at Places Set Apart

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1951

.....on an application made to it or him by any person, grant to such person permission to dispose of the corpse of any deceased person at any place other than a place so set apart, if in its or his opinion such disposal is not likely to cause obstruction to traffic or disturbance of the public peace or is not objectionable for any other reason. (2) Any rules made under sub-section (1) shall specify the places set apart for the disposal of the dead of different communities or sections of communities. (3) All such rules shall be subject to the condition of previous publication and the date to be specified under clause (c) of section 24 of the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904, shall not be earlier than two months from the date on which the draft of the proposed rules is published. Explanation.--For the purposes of this section, a place, set apart for the disposal of the dead means a place set apart for such purpose under any custom, usage or law for the time being inforce

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Indian Evidence Act 1872 Section 32

Title: Cases in Which Statement of Relevant Fact by Person Who is Dead or Cannot Be Found, Etc., is Relevant

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....procured, without an amount of delay or expense which under the circumstances of the case appears to the Court unreasonable, are themselves relevant facts in the following cases:-- (1) when it relates to cause of death.-When the statement is made by a person as to the cause of his death, or as to any of the circumstances of the transaction which resulted in his death, in cases in which the cause of that person's death comes into question. Such statements are relevant whether the person who made them was or was not, at the time when they were made, under expectation of death, and whatever may be the nature of the proceeding in which the cause of his death comes into question. (2) or is made in course of business.-When the statement was made by such person in the ordinary course of business, and in particular when it consists of any entry or memorandum made by him in books kept in the ordinary course of business, or in the discharge of professional duly; or of an acknowledgment written or signed by him of the receipt of money, goods, securities or property of any kind; or of a document used in commerce written or signed by him; or of the date of a letter or other document.....

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INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 45

Title: Where intestate's father dead and his mother and children of any deceased brother or sister living

State: Central

Year: 1925

If the intestate's father is dead, but the intestate's mother is living, and the brothers and sisters are all dead, but all or any of them have left children who survived the intestate, the mother and the child or children of each deceased brother or sister shall be entitled to the property in equal shares, such children (if more than one) taking in equal shares only the shares which their respective parents would have taken if living at the intestate's death. Illustration A, the intestate, leaves no brother or sister but leaves his mother and one child of deceased sister, Mary and two children of deceased brother George. The mother takes one-third, the child of Mary takes one-third, and the children of George divide the remaining one-third equally between then.

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Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 Section 88

Title: Closing of Places for the Disposal of the Dead

State: Karnataka

Year: 1993

(1) If the Grama Panchayat is of opinion that any place in the panchayat area which is used for the disposal of the dead is in such a state as to be, or to be likely to become injurious to health, it may forward its opinion with the reasons, therefor to the Assistant Commissioner. The Assistant Commissioner may thereupon, after such further inquiry, if any, as he shall deem fit to cause to be made by notification direct that such place shall cease to be so used from such date as may be specified in that behalf in the notification. (2) A copy of the said notification shall be published in the local newspapers, if any, and shall be pasted up at the Grama Panchayat office and in one or more conspicuous spots on or near the place to which if relates. (3) Any person who buries or otherwise disposes of any corpus in any such place after the date specified in the said notification for closure thereof or buries any corpse in any unoccupied Government land not set apart for the burial of the dead under the provisions of any law for the time being in force or by established usage, shall on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees.

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INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 44

Title: Where intestate's father dead and his mother, a brother or sister, and children of any deceased brother or sister living

State: Central

Year: 1925

If the intestate's father is dead but the intestate's mother is living, and if any brother or sister and the child or children of any brother or sister who may have died in the intestate's lifetime are also living, then the mother and each living brother or sister, and the living child or children of each deceased brother or sister, shall be entitled to the property in equal shares, such children (if more than one) taking in equal shares only the shares which their respective parents would have taken if living at the intestate's death. Illustration A, the intestate, leaves his mother, his brothers John and Henry, and also one child of a deceased sister, Mary, and two children of George, a deceased brother of the half blood who was the son of his father but not of his mother. The mother takes one-fifth, John and Henry each take one-fifth, the child of Mary takes one-fifth, and the two children of George divide the remaining one-fifth equally between them.

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