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Coast Guard Act, 1978 Chapter IV

Title: Offences

State: Central

Year: 1978

..... (a) all armed mutineers, armed rebels, armed rioters, pirates and any person in arms against whom it is the duty of any person subject to this Act to take action; and (b) any person or persons engaged in smuggling, unlawful exploration or exploitation or any other unlawful activity in the maritime zones of India. Section 16 - Deserting post and neglect of duty Any person subject to this Act, who,-- (a) deserts his post; or (b) sleeps upon his watch; or (c) fails to perform, or negligently performs, the duty imposed on him, or (d) wilfully conceals any words, practice or design tending to the hindrance of the Coast Guard. shall, on conviction by a Coast Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned. Section 17 - Mutiny Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,-- (a) begins, incites, causes or conspires with any other person to cause any mutiny in the Coast Guard or in the military, naval or air forces of India or any forces co-operating therewith; or (b) joins in any such mutiny; or (c) being present at any.....

The Guruvayoor Devaswom Act, 1978[1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1978

.....trustees, the same situation which had rendered it expedient to reorganise the scheme of management of the affairs of the Devaswom and to enact the said Act is likely to arise; And whereas it is expedient to provide in the public interest and in the interest of the worshippers of the Temple for a proper administration of the said Devaswom in accordance with the law as laid down in the said judgement; Be it enacted in the Twenty ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows: - Chapter I Preliminary 1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Guruvayoor Devaswom Act, 1978. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 29 th day of November, 1977. 2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires," (a) "Administrator" means the Administrator appointed under section 14; (b) "Commissioner" means an officer not below the rank of Secretary to Government, who professes the Hindu Religion and believes in Temple worship, appointed by the Government, by notification in the Gazette, to be the Commissioner for the purposes of this Act; (c) "Committee" means the Guruvayoor Devaswom Managing Committee constituted under section 3; (d).....

High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Act, 1978 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1978

.....Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934-; . (h) "State Bank" means the State Bank of India constituted under the State Bank of India Act, 1955-. SECTION 03: HIGH DENOMINATION BANK NOTES TO CEASE TO BE LEGAL TENDER On the expiry of the 16th day of January, 1978, all high denomination bank notes shall, notwithstanding anything contained in section 26 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934-, cease to be legal tender in payment or on account at any place. SECTION 04: PROHIBITION OF TRANSFER AND RECEIPT OF HIGH DENOMINATION BANK NOTES Save as provided by or under this Act, no person shall, after the 16th of January, 1978, transfer to the possession of another person or receive Into his possession from another person any high denomination bank note. SECTION 05: DECLARATION OF HIGH DENOMINATION BANK NOTES BY BANKS AND GOVERNMENT TREASURIES (1) Every bank and Government treasury shall prepare and send to the Reserve Bank in the manner provided in this section a return showing separately under each denominational value the total value of high denomination bank notes of that value held by it at the close of business on the 16th day of January, 1978 and the distinctive.....

Hindustan Tractors Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1978 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1978

.....Corporation being the Authorised Controller. The period of the management will expire on the 11th March, 1979. The Company is engaged in the manufacture of agricultural tractors. After the take over of the management of the undertakings of the Company, The production in the Company, which had come to a standstill in November, 1972, has progressively improved. The net losses have come down from the level of Rs. 80 lakhs for the year ending March, 1973 to Rs.9 lakhs for the year ending March, 1977 and during 1977-78 they expect to achieve a nominal net profit of Rs.1 lakh. After careful consideration of the whole matter and with a view to improving the technical and economic viability of the undertakings, the Central Government have decided to acquire the undertakings of the Company and vest them in the State Government of Gujarat. 2. At the time of take over of the management of the undertakings of the Company, it was clear that it was not possible for the Company to meet all its past dues. Accordingly, the Central Government issued an order on the 26th April, 1973, under section 18FB of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951, suspending the operation of all the.....

Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1978

METRO RAILWAYS (CONSTRUCTION OF WORKS) ACT, 1978 METRO RAILWAYS (CONSTRUCTION OF WORKS) ACT, 1978 33 of 1978 21st August, 1978 An Act to provide for the construction of works relating to metro railways in the metropolitan cities and for matters connected therewith. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND APPLICATION (1) This Act may be called the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. (3) It applies in the first instance to the metropolitan city of Calcutta; and the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that this Act shall also apply to such other metropolitan city and with effect from such date as may be specified in that notification and thereupon the provisions of this Act shall apply to that city accordingly. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Advisory Board" means the Advisory Board constituted under section 4-; (b)a[Appellate authority] means the.....

Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1978

.....money or thing is derived from the entrance money of the members of such scheme or periodical subscriptions: (d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act: (e) "prize chit" includes any transaction or arrangement by whatever name called under which a person collects whether as a promoter, foreman, agent or in any other capacity, monies in one lump sum or in instalments by way of contributions or subscriptions or by sale of units, certificates or other instruments or in any other manner or as membership fees or admission fees or service charges to or in respect of any savings, mutual benefit, thrift or any other scheme or arrangement by whatever name called, and utilises the monies so collected or any part thereof or the income accruing from investment or other use of such monies for all or any of the following purposes; namely :- (i) giving or awarding periodically or otherwise to a specified number of subscribers as determined by lot, draw or in any other manner, prizes or gifts in cash or in kind, whether or not the recipient of the prize of gift is under a liability to make any further payment in respect of such scheme or arrangement; (ii) refunding to the.....

Delhi Police Act, 1978 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1978

.....Act, 1955, or under section 12 of that Act in so far as it relates to satta gambling or on two or more occasions under any other provisions of that Act (including section 12 of that Act in so far as it does not relate to satta gambling); or (c) of any offence under the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956; or (d) of any offence under section 25, section 26, section 27, section 28 or section 29 of the Arms Act, 1959; or (e) of any offence under section 135 of the Customs Act, 1962; or (f) of any offence under section 61, section 63 or section 66, of the Punjab Excise Act, 1955, as in Delhi; or (g) on two or more occasions of an offence under (i) the Opium Act, 1878; or (ii) the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930; or (iii) the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940; or (iv) section 11 of the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959, as in force in Delhi; or (h) on three or more occasions of an offence under section 105 or section 107 of this Act, the Commissioner of Police may, if he has reason to believe that such person is likely again to engage himself in the commission of any of the offences referred to in this section, by order in writing, direct such.....

Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1978

PRIZE CHITS AND MONEY CIRCULATION SCHEMES (BANNING) ACT, 1978 PRIZE CHITS AND MONEY CIRCULATION SCHEMES (BANNING) ACT, 1978 An Act to ban the promotion or conduct of prize and money circulation schemes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty ninth year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title and extent " (1) This Act may be called the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning () Act, 1978. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir 2. Definitions: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) Conventional chit means a transaction whether called chit, chit fund, kuri or by any other name by or under which a person responsible for the conduct of the chit enters into an agreement with a specified number of persons that every one of them shall subscribe a certain sum of money (or certain quantity of grain instead) by way of periodical instalments for a definite period and that each such subscriber shall, in his turn as determined by lot or by action or by tender or in such other manner as may be provided for in the chit agreement, be.....

The Kerala Forest Produce (Fixation of Selling Price) Act, 19781 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1978

.....in the notification. 3 [6.A Section 5 and 5A not to apply to sale of forest produce to certain industrial establishments.- Nothing contained in section 5 or section 5A shall apply to the sale of forest produce as raw material by the Government to any industrial establishment in pursuance of a contract executed by it with the Government where- (a) the total quantity of the forest produce to be sold to that industrial establishment per year under such contract exceeds fifty thousand tonnes (b) such forest produce is used as raw material that industrial establishment; and (c) the number of persons employed in or under such industrial establishment is not less than one thousand workers: Provided that the above provision shall not apply to the sale of the forest produce as raw materials to any industrial establishment the price of which raw materials has been fixed at a rate less than Rs.250 per tonne, including sales tax and additional sales tax.]. 7. Ten per cent of selling price to be utilised for forest development.- Ten per cent of the amount obtained by the sale of forest produce after the commencement of this Act shall, subject to such rules as may.....

The Kerala General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1978 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1978

THE KERALA GENERAL SALES TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1978 THE KERALA GENERAL SALES TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1978 (ACT 21 OF 1978) An Act further to amend the Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963. Preamble." Whereas it is expedient further to amend to Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963, for the purposes hereinafter appearing; Be it enacted in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:" 1. Short title and commencement."(1) This Act may be called the Kerala General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1978. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 1978. 2. Amendment of section 2."In section 2 of the Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963 (15 of 1963) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act)," (1) in clause (viii)," (i) sub-clause (a) shall be omitted; (ii) for sub-clause (e), the following sub-clause shall be substituted, namely:" "(e) a person who, whether in the course of business or not, sells" (i) goods produced by him by manufacture, agriculture, horticulture or otherwise; or (ii) trees which grow spontaneously and which are agreed to be severed before sale or under the contract of sale."; (2) after clause.....