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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....as such Magistrate, exercised the powers of an Assistant Sessions Judge, he may be invested with the powers under this section notwithstanding the fact that he has not exercised the powers of Magistrate of the first class for not less than ten years." Act 19 of 1969, Section 3 and Schedule, Item 14 (in Delhi on 2-10-1969). WEST BENGAL In its application to the State of West Bengal, for Section 30, substitute the following, namely: "30. Offences punishment with imprisonment not exceeding seven years.-Notwithstanding any thing contained in Section 28 or Section 29, the State Government may, in consultation with the High Court, invest any Judicial Magistrate of the first class with power to try as a Magistrate all offences not punishable with death or with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years : Provided that no Judicial Magistrate of the first class has, prior to his appointment as such powers unless he has, for not less than ten years, exercised powers not inferior to those of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class : Provided further that if any Judicial Magistrate of the first class has, prior to his appointment as such Magistrate,.....

Code of Civil Procedure 1908 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....under the Government; (d) every officer of a Court of Justice whose duty it is, as such officer, to investigate or report on any matter of law or fact, or to make, authenticate or keep any document, or to take charge or dispose of any property, or to execute any judicial process, or to administer any oath, or to interpret, or to preserve order in the Court, and every person especially authorized by a Court of Justice to perform any of such duties; (e) every person who holds any office by virtue of which he is empowered to place or keep any person in confinement; (f) every officer of the Government whose duty it is, as such officer, to prevent offences, to give information of offences, to bring offenders to justice, or to protect the public health, safety or convenience; (g) every officer whose duty it is, as such officer, to take, receive, keep or expend any property on behalf of the Government, or to make any survey, assessment or contract on behalf of the Government, or to execute any revenue process, or to investigate, or to report on, any matter affecting the pecuniary interests of the Government, or to make, authenticate or keep any document relating to the pecuniary.....

Presidency Towns Insolvency Act, 1909 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1909

.....and non-traders has been abolished. Under the Act there is power to appoint special assignees, but it is believed that this power has never in fact beep exercised in recent years. The object of it is to secure for the creditors some control over the proceedings in insolvency, but the fact that it is not made use of appears' to show that it is ineffective for that purpose. It is proposed therefore, for consideration, that the power to appoint special assignees should not be retained, but that there should be power to appoint a committee of creditors to supervise proceedings in cases in which it may be desirable to do so. This procedure is new to Indian law and for that reason it seems inexpedient, in the first instance, to define with any exactness the extent of the control which should be given to such committees. It is thought better to Lave the matter to roles, in order that advantage may be taken of experience. Under the English system the supervising authority for bankruptcy proceedings is the Board of Trade, but ] India we have nothing corresponding to that body; powers of supervision must therefore be left to the Courts.......surrenuering any practical advantage by.....

Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909 Part II

Title: Proceedings from Act of Insolvency to Discharge

State: Central

Year: 1909

.....petition (1) A creditor's petition shall be verified by affidavit of the creditor, or of some person on his behalf having knowledge of the facts. (2) At the hearing the Court shall require proof of (a) the debt of the petitioning creditor, and (b) the act of insolvency, or, if more than one act of insolvency is alleged in the petition, some one of the alleged acts of insolvency. (3) The Court may adjourn the hearing of the petition and order service thereof on the debtor. (4) The Court shall dismiss the petition (a) if it is not satisfied with the proof of the facts referred to in sub-section (2); or (b) if the debtor appears and satisfies the Court that he is able to pay his debts, or that he has not committed an act of insolvency or that for other sufficient cause no order ought to be made. (5) The Court may make an order of adjudication if it is satisfied with the proof above referred to, or if on a hearing adjourned under sub-section (3) the debtor does not appear and service of the petition on him is proved, unless in its opinion the petition ought to have been presented before some other Court having insolvency jurisdiction. (6) Where the debtor.....

Bombay Borstal Schools Act, 1929 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1929

.....at such scales as may from time to time be determined by the State Government on condition that they complete their daily quota of work to the satisfaction of the Borstal School authorities, with a view to - (a) offering on incentive and stimulus for effort, work and industry; (b)making school work purposive and meaningful ; (c) developing a sense of responsibility and self-respect amongst the inmates (d) enabling inmates to purchase their sundry daily extra reqirements from the school canteen ; and (e) helping inmates to effect savings for their post release rehabilitation and also for extending economic help to their family members, that is to say, father, mother, brother and sister. RULE 28: SAVINGS AND EXPENDITURE (1) Every inmate shall be allowed to utilise not more than two -thirds of his earnings (the remainder being kept as compulsory savings for his rehabilitation needs ) for the following purposes; that is to say, - (a) purchasing articles from the school canteen , (b) purchasing post cards, envelops and the like, (c) remittance to family members, (d) purchase of approved books, and (e) other items as are approved by the Principal, such as purchase of National Savings.....

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....to be the Marriage Officers of the State or any part thereof.] CHAPTER 02: SOLEMNIZATION OF SPECIAL MARRIAGES OBJECTS AND REASONS "Apart from the fact that the provisions of this Act, if passed, will apply to all persons marrying there under irrespective of the religion they may profess, the other changes of importance which have been made in this clause, as compared with section 3 of Act 3 of 1872, are the following, namely :- (a) the addition of a new condition relating to idiocy and lunacy; (b) the raising of the age limit for marriage....; (c) the provision for marriages abroad between citizens of India."- S.O.R.OBJECTS AND REASONS Sub-section (3).- "In cases where a marriage is sought to be solemnized before a Marriage Officer other than the Marriage Officer within whose jurisdiction the parties are permanently residing, it is essential that the notice should be given in the place of permanent residence also, and sub-el. (2) (now sub- sec. (3)) makes provision in this behalf.-J.C.R.OBJECTS AND REASONS Sections 8-,9-and10-.- "The Joint Committee feel that it would not be in the interests of the parties to an intended marriage or in the public interest .that Courts should.....

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....ACTS Nothing in this Act shall be construed to be in derogation of the provisions of the Reformatory Schools Act, 1897 (8 of 1897), or any State Act enacted in modification of the said Act or otherwise relating to juvenile offenders. SECTION 25: REPEAL AND SAVINGS (1) As from the date of the coming into force in any State of the provisions other than section 1 of this Act, all State Acts relating to suppression of immoral traffic in119[persons] or to the prevention of prostitution, in force in that State immediately before such date shall stand repealed. (2) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of any State referred to in sub- section (1), anything done or any action taken (including any direction given, in any register, rule or order made, any restriction imposed) under the provisions of such State Act shall in so far as such thing or action is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be deemed to have been done or taken under the provisions of this Act as if the said provisions were in force when such thing was done or such action was taken and shall continue in force accordingly until superseded by anything done or any action taken under this Act. Explanation: in.....

The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1956

.....certain other Acts ."Nothing in this Act shall be construed to be in derogation of the provisions of the Reformatory Schools Act, 1897 or any State Act enacted in modification of the said Act or otherwise, relating to juvenile offenders. 25. Repeal and savings ."(1) As from the date of the coming into force in any State of the provisions other thanSection 1 of this Act, all State Acts relating to suppression of immoral traffic in persons or to the prevention of prostitution, in force in that State immediately before such date shall stand repealed. (2) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act, of any State Act referred to in sub-section (1), anything done or any action taken including any direction given in any register, rule or order made, any restriction imposed) under the provision of such State Act shall in so far as such thing or action is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be deemed to have been done or taken under the provisions of this Act as if the said provisions were in force when such thing was done or such action was taken and shall continue in force accordingly until superseded by anything done or any action taken under this Act. Explanation."In.....

The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Meghalaya

Year: 1956

.....certain other Acts ."Nothing in this Act shall be construed to be in derogation of the provisions of the Reformatory Schools Act, 1897 or any State Act enacted in modification of the said Act or otherwise, relating to juvenile offenders. 25. Repeal and savings ." (1) As from the date of the coming into force in any State of the provisions other than Section 1 of this Act, all State Acts relating to suppression of immoral traffic in persons or to the prevention of prostitution, in force in that State immediately before such date shall stand repealed. (2) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act, of any State Act referred to in sub-section (1), anything done or any action taken including any direction given in any register, rule or order made, any restriction imposed) under the provision of such State Act shall in so far as such thing or action is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be deemed to have been done or taken under the provisions of this Act as if the said provisions were in force when such thing was done or such action was taken and shall continue in force accordingly until superseded by anything done or any action taken under this Act. .....

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....Act, 1978 (2 of 1978)], the consent of such guardian was obtained by force12 [or by fraud as to the nature of the ceremony or as to any material fact or circumstance concerning the respondent;] or (d) that the respondent was at the time of the marriage pregnant by some person other than the petitioner. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no petition for annulling a marriage- (a) on the ground specified in clause (c) of sub-section ( 1 ) shall be entertained if- (i) the petition is presented more than one year after the force had ceased to operate or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered; or (ii) the petitioner had, with his or her full consent, lived with the other party to the marriage as husband or wife after the force had ceased to operate or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered; (b) on the ground specified in clause (d) of sub-section (1) shall been entertained unless the court is satisfied- (i) that the petitioner was at the time of the marriage ignorant of the facts alleged; (ii) that proceedings have been instituted in the case of a marriage solemnized before the commencement of this Act within one year of such.....