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Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....To meet the immediate requirements of the country soon after independence the Merchant Shipping Laws. (Extension to Acceding States and Amendment) Act, 1949 was enacted, by which the British Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1938 were extended to the Acceding States (later known as Part B States) and Indian Consular Officers were empowered to perform functions in relation to Indian ships outside India and provision was made to enable Government to prescribe the proper national colours for ships registered in India, The Control of Shipping Act, 1947, was another short-term measure which continued the war-time control over Indian shipping and controlled the coastal trade by a system of licensing. This Act, which has been renewed from time to time, is due to expire on the 31st March, 1958. 3. The present Bill revises and consolidates all laws in force in India relating to merchant shipping, whether passed by the British Parliament or the Indian Legislature, and makes provision for the matters discussed in the succeedihg paragraphs, which also indicate the principal changes made in the law ........... -Gaz. of Ind., 1958, Extra., Pt. II, S. 2, p. 203.Act 21 of 1966.- The minimum.....

The Insolvency Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1955

THE INSOLVENCY ACT, 1955 ACT II OF 1956 THE INSOLVENCY ACT, 1955 1 An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to insolvency. Preamble .-Whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to insolvency; Be it enacted in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title extent and commencement .-(1) This Act may be called the 2 [********] insolvency Act, 1955. 3 [ "(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala"] (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint. 4 2. Definitions .-(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "Collector" means the Chief Officer in charge of the revenue administration of the district and includes an acting or officiating Collector and also any officer appointed by the Government to exercise the functions of the Collector; (b) "creditor" includes a decree-holder, "debt" includes a judgment-debt, and "debtor" includes a judgment-debtor; (c) "District Court" means the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction; (d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (e) .....

The Kerala Forest Act, 1961[1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1961

THE KERALA FOREST ACT, 1961[1] THE KERALA FOREST ACT, 1961 [1] (Act 4 of 1962) An Act to unify and amend the law relating to the protection and management of forests in the State of Kerala WHEREAS it is expedient to unify and amend the law relating to the protection and management of forests in the State of Kerala; BE it enacted in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER I Preliminary 1. (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Forest Act, 1961. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala: Provided that the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, exempt any place from the operation of the whole or any portion of the Act, but not so as to effect anything done, or any offence committed, or any fine imposed or penalty incurred, or any proceedings commenced in such place before such exemption, and may in like manner vary or cancel such notification. (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. In this Act, and in all rules made thereunder, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "cattle" means cows, oxen and bulls and includes elephants, camels, buffaloes, horses, mares, geldings, ponies, colts,.....

Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909 Part III

Title: Administration of Property

State: Central

Year: 1909

.....of the act of insolvency on which an order of adjudication is made against him, or (b) if the insolvent is proved to have committed more acts of insolvency than one, the time of the first of the acts of insolvency proved to have been committed by the insolvent within three months next preceding the date of the presentation of the insolvency petition: Provided that no insolvency petition or order of adjudication shall be rendered invalid by reason of any act of insolvency committed anterior to the debt of the petitioning creditor. Section 52 - Description of insolvents property divisible amongst creditors (1) The property of the insolvent divisible amongst his creditors, and in this Act referred to as the property of the insolvent, shall not comprise the following particulars, namely: (a) property held by the insolvent on trust for any other a person; (b) the tools (if any) of his trade and the necessary wearing apparel, bedding, cooking vessel, and furniture of himself, his wife and children, to a value, inclusive of tools and apparel and other necessaries as aforesaid, not exceeding three hundred rupees in the whole. (2) Subject as aforesaid, the property.....

Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909 Section 52

Title: Description of Insolvents Property Divisible Amongst Creditors

State: Central

Year: 1909

.....may be acquired by or devolve on him before his discharge; (b) the capacity to exercise and to take proceedings for exercising all such powers in or over or in respect of property as might have been exercised by the insolvent for his own benefit at the commencement of his insolvency or before his discharge; and (c) all goods being at the commencement of the insolvency in the possession, order or disposition of the insolvent, in his trade or business by the consent and permission of the true owner under such circumstances that he is the reputed owner thereof: Provided that things in action other than debts due or growing due to the insolvent in the course of his trade or business shall not be deemed goods within the meaning of clause (c): Provided also that the true owner of any goods which have become divisible among the creditors of the insolvent under the provisions of clause (c) may prove for the value of such goods.

Presidency Towns Insolvency Act, 1909 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1909

....."If this Bill be passed into law it will be necessary to repeal the 1848 Act, and this raise a question which deserves consideration. The present Act is an Act of the imperial Parliament and a vesting order made under it vests in the assignee by direct operation all the real and personal estate and effects of the insolvent in whatever part of the King's dominions they may be situate or accrue; and a discharge under the Act has effect in every part of those dominions. The Act is one of those which it is within the competency of the Legislative Council of the Governor-General to repeal, but if it be repealed and an Indian Act be substituted, it follows that these advantages must at least for the most part be abandoned, since an Act of the Indian Legislature cannot operate for this purpose outside the limits of India. In 1886 it was proposed that an Act of the Imperial Parliament should be obtained to give this authority to insolvency proceedings in India, but no such Act has as yet been passed. It is believed, however, that the advantages conferred by the Act of 1848 are of no real value, since experience has shown that in practically every case in which there are assets in both.....

Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 Part II

Title: Proceedings from Act of Insolvency to Discharge

State: Central

Year: 1920

.....under the provisions of any law referred to in clause (b) on the date of the application.] Explanation - For the purposes of this section the act of an agent may be the act of the principal.] ______________________ 1. Section 6 renumbered as subsection (1) by the Insolvency Laws (Amendment ) Act w.e.f 1-9-79. Prior to Amendment Section 6 Stood as follows "[Acts of insolvency.- A debtor commits an act of insolvency in each of the following cases, namely:- (a) if, in [Substituted by the A.O.1950 for "the Provinces"] [India] or elsewhere, he makes a transfer of all or substantially all his property to a third person for the benefit of his creditors generally; (b) if, in [Substituted by the A.O.1950 for "the Provinces"] [India] or elsewhere, he makes a transfer of his property or of any part thereof with intent to defeat or delay his creditors; (c) if, in [Substituted by the A.O.1950 for "the Provinces"] [India] or elsewhere, he makes any transfer of his property, or of any part thereof, which would, under this or any other enactment for the time being in force, be void as a fraudulent preference if he were adjudged an insolvent; (d) if, with intent to defeat or.....

Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 Section 28

Title: Effect of an Order of Adjudication

State: Central

Year: 1920

.....as the Court may impose. (3) For the purposes of sub-section (2), all goods being at the date of the presentation of the petition on which the order is made, in the possession, order or disposition of the insolvent in his trade or business, by the consent and permission of the true owner, under such circumstances that he is the reputed owner thereof, shall be deemed to be the property of the insolvent. (4) All property which is acquired by or devolves on the insolvent after the date of an order of adjudication and before his discharge shall forthwith vest in the Court or receiver, and the provisions of sub-section (2) shall apply in respect thereof. (5) The property of the insolvent for the purposes of this section shall not include any property (not being books of account) which is exempted by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), or by any other enactment for the time being in force from liability to attachment and sale in execution of a decree. (6) Nothing in this section shall affect the power of any secured creditor to realise or otherwise deal with his security, in the same manner as he would have been entitled to realise or deal with it if this section.....

Forest Act, 1963 Chapter 2

Title: Reserved Forests

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

.....Act (1) Any forest which has been notified as a State Forest under the Mysore Forest Act, 1900, or as a reserved forest under the Indian Forest Act, 1927, the Madras Forest Act, 1882, or the Hyderabad Forest Act, 1355F, prior to the date on which this Act comes into force, shall be a reserved forest under this Act: Provided that if the rights of private persons to or over any land or forest produce in such forest shall not have been inquired into, settled and recorded in a manner which the State Government deems sufficient, the same shall be inquired into, settled and recorded in the manner provided by this Act; and until such inquiry, settlement and record have been completed, the operation of this section shall not abridge, or affect such rights. (2) All questions decided, orders issued and records prepared in connection with the constitution of such forest as a State Forest or reserved forest shall be deemed to have been decided, issued and prepared under this Act, and the provisions of this Act relating to reserved forests shall apply to forests to which the provisions of sub-section (1) are applicable. Section 24 - Acts prohibited in reserved forests Any person.....

Forest Act, 1963 Section 5

Title: Proclamation by Forest Settlement Officer

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

.....the neighbourhood of such land a proclamation,-- (a)specifying, as nearly as possible, the situation and limits of the proposedforest; (b)setting forth the substance of the provisions of section 6; (c)explaining the consequences which, as hereinafter provided, will ensue on suchforest being constituted a reserved forest; and (d)fixing a period of not less than three months from the date of publishing suchproclamation, and requiring every person claiming any right or making any claimreferred to or mentioned in section 4, either to present to such officer withinsuch period a written notice specifying or to appear before him within suchperiod and state the nature of such right or claim (if any) and in either caseto produce all documents in support thereof. TheForest Settlement Officer shall also serve a notice to the same effect on everyknown or reputed owner or occupier of any land included in or adjoining theland proposed to be constituted a reserved forest or on his recognised agent ormanager. Such notice may be sent by registered post to persons residing beyondthe limits of the district in which such land is situate.