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Start Free TrialPublic Liability Insurance Act, 1991 Section 4
Title: Duty of Owner to Take out Insurance Policies
State: Central
Year: 1991
.....substance, one or more insurance policies providing for contracts of insurance whereby he is insured against liability to give relief under sub-section (1) of section 3: Provided that any owner handling any hazardous substance immediately before the commencement of this Act shall take out such insurance policy or policies as soon as may be and in any case within a period of one year from such commencement. (2) Every owner shall get the insurance policy, referred to in sub-section (1), renewed from time to time before the expiry of the period of validity thereof so that the insurance policies may remain in force throughout the period during which such handling is continued. 1[2A) No insurance policy taken out or renewed by an owner shall be for an amount less than the amount of the paid-up capital of the undertaking handling any hazardous substance and owned or controlled by that owner, and more than the amount, not exceeding fifty crore rupees, as may be prescribed. Explanation.--For the purposes of this sub-section, "paid-up capital" means, in the case of an owner not being a company, the market value of all assets and stocks of the undertaking on the date of.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionContempt of Courts Act, 1971 Section 7
Title: Publication of Information Relating to Proceeding in Chambers or in Camera Not Contempt Except in Certain Cases
State: Central
Year: 1971
.....of information of the description which is published; (c) where the court sits in chambers or in camera for reason connected with public order or the security of the State, the publication of information relating to those proceedings; (d) where the information relates to a secret process, discovery or invention which is an issue in proceedings. (2) Without prejudice to the provisions contained in sub-section (1), a person shall not be guilty of contempt of court for publishing the text or a fair and accurate summary of the whole or any part, of an order made by a court sitting in chambers or in camera, unless the court has expressly prohibited the publication thereof on grounds of public policy, or for reasons connected with public order or the security of the State, or on the ground that it contains information relating to a secret process, discovery or invention, or in exercise of any power vested in it.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionPublic Liability Insurance Act, 1991 Complete Act
Title: Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991
State: Central
Year: 1991
.....information Section10 - Power of entry and inspection Section11 - Power of search and seizure Section12 - Power to give directions Section13 - Power to make application to Courts for restraining owner from handling hazardous substances Section14 - Penalty for contravention of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) or sub-section (2A) or sub-section (2C) of section 4 or failure to comply with directions under section 12 Section15 - Penalty for failure to comply with direction under section 9 or order under section 11 or obstructing any person in discharge of his functions under section 10 or 11 Section16 - Offences by companies Section17 - Offences by Government Departments Section18 - Cognizance of offences Section19 - Power to delegate Section20 - Protection of action taken in good faith Section21 - Advisory Committee Section22 - Effect of other laws Section23 - Power to make rules Schedule1 - THE SCHEDULE
List Judgments citing this sectionPublic Records Act, 1993 Section 3
Title: Power of the Central Government to Co-ordinate, Regulate and Supervise Operations Connected with Administration, Management, Etc., of Public Records
State: Central
Year: 1993
.....of records and application of standards, procedures and techniques of records management; (j) survey and inspection on public records; (k) organising training programmes in various disciplines of Archives administration and records management; (l) accepting records from any private source; (m) regulating access to public records; (n) receiving records from defunct bodies and making arrangement for securing public records in the event of national emergency; (o) receiving reports on records management and disposal practices from the records Officer; (p) providing authenticated copies of, or extracts from, public records; (q) destroying or disposal of public records; (r) obtaining on lease or purchasing or accepting as gift any document of historical or national importance.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionYoung Persons (Harmful Publication) Act, 1956 Section 6
Title: Power to Seize and Destroy Harmful Publications
State: Central
Year: 1956
(1) Any police officer or any other officer empowered in this behalf by the State Government may seize any harmful publication. (2) Any magistrate of the first class may, by warrant, authorise any police officer not below the rank of sub-inspector to enter and search any place where any stock of harmful publications may be or may be reasonably suspected to be, and such police officer may seize any publication found in such place if in his opinion it is a harmful publication. (3) Any publication seized under sub-section (1) shall be produced, as soon as may be, before a magistrate of the first class, and any publication seized under sub-section (2) shall be produced, as soon as may be, before the court which issued the warrant. (4) If in the opinion of the magistrate or court such publication is a harmful publication, the magistrate or court may cause it to be destroyed, but if, in the opinion of the magistrate or court, such publication is not a harmful publication, the magistrate or court shall dispose of it in the manner provided in sections 523, 524 and 525 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionKarnataka Public Libraries Act, 1965 Chapter III
Title: Department of Public Libraries
State: Karnataka
Year: 1965
.....and library man-power of the State; (g) perform such other functions as may be entrusted to the Department by or under the provisions of this Act. Section 14 - Director of Public Libraries 1 [Director of PublicLibraries] (1) A whole-time officer having the prescribed qualifications to practise the library profession shall be appointed by the State Government as the1 [Director of Public Libraries]. (2) The 1 [Director of Public Libraries] shall,- (a) function as the Librarian of the State Central Library; (b) superintendent, direct, and deal with all matters relating to the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 (Central Act 25 of 1867) and to the maintenance and service of the books sent under the said Act; (c) control the appointments, postings, and transfers of officers and servants in the State Library Service; (d) generally assist the State Library Authority in performing its functions; (e) exercise such other powers and performs such other duties as may be conferred or imposed on him by or under this Act. _________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 30 of 1984 w.e.f. 22.5.1984 Section 14 - Director of Public Libraries 1 [Director of.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionPublic Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 Section 6
Title: Disposal of Property Left on Public Premises by Unauthorised Occupants
State: Central
Year: 1971
.....is unable to decide as to the person or persons to whom the balance of the amount is payable or as to the apportionment of the same, he may refer such dispute to the civil Court of competent jurisdiction and the decision of the court thereon shall be final. 1[(2A) The expression "costs", referred to in sub-section (2), shall include the cost of removal recoverable under section 5A and the cost of demolition recoverable under section 5B.] _________________________ 1. Inserted by the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Act, 1980 (61 of 1980), section 7 (20-12-1980). 2. Substituted for the words "corporate body" by the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Act, 1980 (61 of 1980), section 7 (20-12-1980), section 2.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionDelivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act, 1954 Amending Act 1
Title: Delivery of Books (Public Libraries) Amendment Act, 1956
State: Central
Year: 1954
.....in this behalf by the Central Government in the Official Gazette.". 6. Amendment of section 5.- In section 5 of the principal Act,--- (a) for the words "and the value of the book", the words "and, if the contravention is in respect of a book, shall also be punishable with fine which shall be equivalent to the value of the book" shall be substituted; (b) after the words "to which the book", the words "or newspaper, as the case may be" shall be inserted. 7. Substitution of new section for section 7.-- For section 7 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-- "7. Application of Act to books and newspapers published by Government.-- This Act shall also apply to books and newspapers published by or under the authority of the Government but shall not apply to books meant for official use only.".
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionPublic Records Act, 1993 Complete Act
Title: Public Records Act, 1993
State: Central
Year: 1993
Preamble1 - PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, 1993 Section1 - Short title and commencement Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Power of the Central Government to co-ordinate, regulate and supervise operations connected with administration, management, etc., of public records Section4 - Prohibition against taking of public records out of India Section5 - Records officer Section6 - Responsibilities of records officer Section7 - Records officer to take appropriate action in the event of unauthorised removal, destruction, etc., of public records in his custody Section8 - Destruction or disposal of public records Section9 - Penalty for contraventions Section10 - Public records bearing security classification Section11 - Receipt of records from private sources Section12 - Access to public records Section13 - Archival Advisory Board Section14 - Functions of the Board Section15 - Power of the Director General to lay down norms and standards for courses in archival science Section16 - Protection of action taken in good faith Section17 - Power to make rules Section18 - Laying of rules before Parliament
List Judgments citing this sectionPublic Gambling Act 1867 Section 13
Title: Gaming and Setting Birds and Animals to Fight in Public Streets
State: Central
Year: 1867
A police officer may apprehend without warrant any person found playing for money or other valuable thing with cards, dice, counters or other instruments of gaming, used in playing any game not being a game of mere skill in any public street, place or thoroughfare situated within the limits aforesaid or any person setting any birds or animals to fight in any public street, place or thoroughfare situated within the limits aforesaid or any person there present aiding and abetting such public fighting of birds and animals. Such person when apprehended shall be brought without delay before a Magistrate, and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees, or to imprisonment, either simple or rigorous, for any term not exceeding one calendar month; Distraction of instruments of gaming found in public street. and such police officer may seize all instruments of gaming found to such public place or on the person of those whom he shall so arrest, and the Magistrate may on conviction of the offender order such instruments to be forthwith destroyed.
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