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Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....in 1867, 1882andagain in 1893and 1896 but all these attempts failed owing to legal and constitutional difficulties.Two of the principal contributory factors were the then limited powers of the Indian Legislature to legislate regarding shipping and the fact that part of the British Statute law on the subject, including parts of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, which is the principal United-Kingdom enactment on the subject, applied to Indian and any Indian enactment had to be in legal harmony with that law. A fresh attempt was made in 1921-22 to codify the Indian law on merchant shipping by the Statute Law Revision Committee, which decided that only consolidation, and not revision should be attempted immediately. The result was the Indian Merchant Shipping Act, 1923, which is now on the Statute Book and which consolidated some 21 existing Indian Acts on the subject. This Act has also been amended from time to time, the two major amendments being those made in 1933 and in 1953 so as to take power to implement the provisions of the international conventions with respect to load lines, 1930, and with respect to safety of life at sea, 1948, respectively, which have been ratified by.....

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The Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 Complete Act

State: Haryana

Year: 1994

.....wood, mud, thatch, metal or any other material whatsoever and includes a wall and a well; (viii) "business" includes any trade, commerce or manufacture or an adventure or concern in the nature of trade, commerce or manufacture; (ix) "bye-laws" means the by-laws made by a Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad under this Act; (x) "casual vacancy" means a vacancy occurring otherwise than by efflux of time; (xi) "cattle" means and includes bulls, bullocks, heifers, cows and their young's, elephants, camels, buffaloes, horses, mares, ponies, colts, mules, asses, swine, sheep, ewes, rams, lambs, goats and kids; (xii) "Chairman" means a Chairman of Panchayat Samiti elected under this Act; (xiii) "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer of a Zila Parishad; (xiv) "Collector" means the collector of a district in which the village is situated and includes any officer appointed by the Government to perform the functions of a Collector under this Act; (xv) "Committee" means any Standing Committee or Local Committee or Sub-Committee constituted under this Act; (xvi) "common land" means land which is not in the exclusive use of any individual.....

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The Mizo District (Land and Revenue) Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Mizoram

Year: 1956

.....DISTRICT (LAND AND REVENUE) ACT, 1956 THE MIZO DISTRICT (LAND AND REVENUE) ACT, 1956 (Passed by the Mizo Council on 4th October, 1956) (Act No 1 of 1957) An Act to provide for the recognition of rights on land assessment of revenue on such land by the District Council. Preamble - Whereas it is expedient to provide it)r the recognition of right on land and settlement and the assessment or revenue such land and for other ancillary matter in the Mizo Autonomous District. CHAPTER I 1. Short title, extend and commencement :- 1) This Act may be called Mizo District (Land and Revenue) Act, 1956 2) It extends to the whole of the Union Territory of Mizoram excepting the areas under the Autonomous District Councils of Pawi, Lakher and Chakma. 3) It shall come into force at once 2. Definition " In this Act unless there is anything repugnant or the context otherwise requires:- (1) "District" means a District Council in Mizoram declared to be as such by order of the Administrator of Mizoram (2) (Omitted) (3) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Union Territory of Mizoram appointed by the President of India under Article 239 of the constitution .....

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