Bare Act Search Results

Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 Section 7

Title: Punishment for Other Offences Arising out of "untouchability"

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....to which such person would be entitled as a member ofsuch community or section, or (ii)takes any part in the ex-communication of such person, on the ground thatsuch person has refused to practice 'untouchability' that such person has doneany act in furtherance of the objects of this Act, 3 [shallbe punishable with imprisonment for a term of not less than one month and notmore than six months and also with fine which shall be not less than one hundredrupees and not more than five hundred rupees.] ________________________ 1.Inserted by Act 106 of 1976, section 9 (w.e.f. 19-11-1976). 2.Explanationre-numbered as ExplanationI by Act 106 of 1976, section 9 (w.e.f. 19-11-1976). 3.Substituted. by Act 106 of 1976, section 9 for certain words (w.e.f.19-11-1976).

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Part 3

Title: Production and Effect of Evidence

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....PROOF Section 101 - Burden of proof Whoever desires any Court to give judgment as to any legal right or liability dependent on the existence of facts which he asserts, must prove that those facts exist. When a person is bound to prove the existence of any fact, it is said that the burden of proof lies on that person. Illustrations (a) A desires a Court to give judgment that B shall be punished for a crime which A says B has committed. A must prove that B has committed the crime. (b) A desires a Court to give judgment that he is entitled to certain land in the possession of B, by reason of facts which he asserts, and which B denies, to be true. A must prove the existence of those facts. Section 102 - On whom burden of proof lies The burden of proof in a suit or proceeding lies on that person who would fail if no evidence at all were given on either side. Illustrations (a) A sues B for land of which B is in possession, and which, as A asserts, was left to A by the will of C, B's father. If no evidence were given on either side, B would be entitled to retain his possession. Therefore the burden of proof is on A. (b) A sues B for money due on a bond. .....

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Chapter 10

Title: Of the Examination of Witnesses

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....the discretion of the Court. Section 136 - Judge to decide as to admissibility of evidence When either party proposes to give evidence of any fact, the Judge may ask the party proposing to give the evidence in what manner the alleged fact, if proved, would be relevant; and the Judge shall admit the evidence if he thinks that the fact, if proved, would be relevant, and not otherwise. If the fact proposed to be proved is one of which evidence is admissible only upon proof of some other fact, such last-mentioned fact must be proved before evidence is given of the fact first mentioned, unless the party undertakes to give proof of such fact, and the Court is satisfied with such undertaking. If the relevancy of one alleged fact depends upon another alleged fact being first proved, the Judge may, in his discretion, either permit evidence of the first fact to be given before the second fact is proved, or require evidence to be given of the second fact before evidence is given of the first fact. Illustrations (a) It is proposed to prove a statement about a relevant fact by a person alleged to be dead, which statement is relevant under section 32. The fact that the person.....

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Section 144

Title: Evidence as to Matters in Writing

State: Central

Year: 1872

Any witness may be asked, whilst under examination whether any contract, grant or other disposition of property, as to which he is giving evidence, was not contained in a document, and if he says that it was, or if he is about to make any statement as to the contents of any document, which in the opinion of the Court, ought to be produced, the adverse party may object to such evidence being given until such document is produced, or until facts have been proved which entitle the party who called the witness to give secondary evidence of it. Explanation.--A witness may give oral evidence of statements made by other persons about the contents of documents if such statements are in themselves relevant facts. Illustration The question is, whether A assaulted B. C deposes that he heard A say to D-- "B wrote a letter accusing me of theft, and I will be revenged on him". This statement is relevant, as showing A's motive for the assault, and evidence may be given of it, though no other evidence is given about the letter.

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,.....

Indian Evidence Act, 1872 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....appears from the context- "Court"- includes all Judges and Magistrates, and all persons, except arbitrators, legally authorized to take evidence. "Fact" " "Fact" means and includes- (1) any thing, state of things, or relation of things, capable of being perceived by the sense; (2) any mental condition of which any person is conscious. Illustrations (a) That there are certain objects arranged in a certain order in a certain place, is a fact. (b) That a man heard or saw something is a fact. (c) That a man said certain words is a fact. (d) That a man holds a certain opinion, has a certain intention, acts in goods faith or fraudulently, or uses a particular word in a particular sense, or is or was at a specified time conscious of a particulars sensation, is a fact. (e) That a man has a certain reputation is a fact. "Relevant" " One fact is said to be relevant to another when the one is connected with the other in any of the ways referred to in the provisions of this Act relating to the relevancy of facts. "Facts in issue" " The expression "facts in issue" means and includes " any fact from which, either by itself or in connection with other facts, the existence, non-existence,.....

The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1955

.....includes----- (i) all lands and subsidiary shrines appurtenant or attached to any such place; (ii) a privately owned place of worship which is, fact, allowed by the owner thereof to be used as a place of public worship; and (iii) such land or subsidiary shrine appurtenant to such privately owned place of worship as is allowed by the owner thereof to be used as a place of public religious worship;) (da) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (db) "Scheduled Castes" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (24) of article 366 of the Constitution ;) (e) "shop" means any premises where goods are sold either wholesale or by retail or both wholesale and by retail (and includes------ (i) any place from where goods are sold by a hawker or vendor or from a mobile van or cart; (ii) a laundry and a hair cutting saloon; (iii) any other place where services are rendered to customer). 3. Punishment for enforcing religious disabilities------Whoever on the ground of "untouchability" prevents any person- (a) from entering any place of public worship which is open to other persons professing the same religion or any section thereof, as such person, or .....

The Orissa Court of Wards Act, 1947 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1947

.....cease to carry interest from the expiration of the period prescribed by Section 41, and shall not be paid until after the discharge or satisfaction of the claims notified or admitted under Section 42. Section 46 - Inadmissibility in evidence of documents not produced No document in the possession or under the control of the claimant which should have been but has not been produced in accordance with the requirements of Section 42, shall be admissible in evidence against the ward or his representative in any suit brought by or against claimant, or any person claiming under him unless it be proved to the satisfaction of the Civil Court that it was not within his power to produce such document before the Collector. Section 47 - When mortgagee in possession may be dispossessed (1) When any property of a ward is in the possession of a mortgagee, or any person claiming under a mortgagee, the State Government may, on being satisfied that it is expedient in the public interest that the estate should be preserved and that such encumbrancer should deliver up possession of the mortgaged property, make a declaration to that effect and direct the Court to take possession thereof; the.....