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Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....operates as notice that the agent has but a limited authority to sign, and the principal is only bound by such signature the agent in so signing was acting within the actual limit of his authority. SECTION 26: PERSON SIGNING AS AGENT OR IN REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY (1) Where a person signs a bill as drawer, endorser or acceptor, and adds words to his signature, indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative character, he is not personally liable thereon ; but the mere addition to his signature of words describing him as an agent, or as filling a representative character, does not exempt him from personal liability. (2) In determining whether a signature on a bill is that of the principal or that of the agent by whose hand it is written, the construction most favourable to the validity of the instrument shall be adopted. SECTION 27: VALUE DEFINED (1) Valuable consideration for a bill may be constituted by- (a) any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract ; (b) an antecedent debt or liability. Such a debt or liability is deemed valuable consideration whether the bill is payable on demand or at a future time. (2) Where value.....

Indian Independence Act, 1947 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1947

.....each of the new Dominions and all Provinces and other parts thereof shall be governed as nearly as may be in accordance with the Government of India Act, 1935; and the provisions of that Act, and of the Orders in Council, rules and other instruments made thereunder, shall, so far as applicable, and subject to any express provisions of this Act, and with such omissions, additions, adaptations, and modifications as may be specified in orders of the Governor-General under the next succeeding section, have effect accordingly: Provided that- (a) the said provisions shall apply separately in relation to each of the new Dominions and nothing in this sub-section shall be construed as continuing on or after the appointed day any Central Government or Legislature common to both the new Dominions; (b) nothing in this sub-section shall be construed as continuing in force on or after the appointed day any form of control by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom over the affairs of the new Dominions or of any Province or other part thereof; (c) so much of the said provisions as requires the Governor-General or any Governor to act in his discretion or exercise his individual judgment.....

Navy Act, 1957 Section 188

Title: Powers of Officers of the Royal Navy

State: Central

Year: 1957

1 188[xxx] ___________________________ 1. Omitted vide Navy (Amendment) Act, 2005. Previous text was " Powers of officers of the Royal Navy.- (1) An officer of the Royal Navy attached to or serving with the Indian Navy shall have and exercise all such powers as are vested in or may be exercised by an officer of the Indian Navy of corresponding rank or holding a corresponding appointment and shall be eligible to be granted a commission to convene courts-martial or to be appointed as president of a court-martial or to sit on a court-martial as a member as if he were an officer of the Indian Navy subject to naval law. (2) The expression "superior officer" wherever used in this Act shall be deemed to include an officer of the Royal Navy when serving under conditions specified in sub-section (1)".

Government of India Act, 1915-19 [Repealed] Section 66

Title: Laws for the Royal Indian Marine Service

State: Central

Year: 1915

(1) A law made under this Act for the Royal Indian Marine Service shall not apply to any offence unless the vessel to which the offender belongs is at the time of the commission of the offence within the limits of Indian waters that is to say the high seas between the Cape of Good Hope on tha West and the Straits of Magellon on the East and any territorial waters between those limits. (2) The punishments imposed by any such law for offences shall be similar in character to, and not in excess of, the punishments which may, at the time of making the law, be imposed for similar offences under the Acts relating to His Majesty's Navy except that, in the case of persons other than Europeans or Americans, imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years, or transportation for life or any less term, may he substituted for penal servitude.

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Chapter 8

Title: Of Assent to a Legacy by Executor or Administrator

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....of the fund to A. This is an implied assent to the bequest to B. (iv) Executors die after paying all the debts of the testator, but before satisfaction of specific legacies. Assent to the legacies may be presumed. (v) A person to whom a specific article has been bequeathed takes possession of it and retains it without any objection on the part of the executor. His assent may be presumed. Section 334 - Conditional assent The assent of an executor or administrator to a legacy may be conditional and if the condition is one which he has a right to enforce, and it is not performed, there is no assent. Illustrations (i) A bequeaths to B his lands of Sultanpur, which at the date of the Will, and at the death of A were subject to a mortgage for 10,000 rupees. The executor assents to the bequest, on condition that B shall within a limited time pay the amount due on the mortgage at the testator's death. The amount is not paid. There is no assent. (ii) The executor assents to a bequest on condition that the legatee shall pay him a sum of money. The payment is not made. The assent is nevertheless valid. Section 335 - Assent of executor to his own legacy (1) When the.....

Government of India Act, 1915-19 [Repealed] Section 81

Title: Assent to Bills

State: Central

Year: 1915

.....Act.] (3) If the governor, lieutenant-governor or chief commissioner assents to any such4[Bill], he shall forthwith send an authentic copy of the Act to the Governor-General, and the Act shall not have validity until the Governor-General has assented thereto and that assent has been signified by the Governor-Genral to, and published by, the governor, lieutenant-governor or chief commissioner. (4) Where the Governor-General withholds his assent from any such Act, he shall signify to the governor, lieutenant-governor or chief commissioner in writing his reason for so withholding his assent. ________________________ 1. These words were substituted for the words "an Act" by Part I of Sch. II of the Government of India Act, 1919 (9&10 Geo. 5, Ch. 101). 2. This word was substituted for the words "at a meeting of" by Part I of Sch. II of the Government of India Act, 1919 (9&10 Geo. 5, Ch. 101). 3. The words "whether he was or was not present in council at the passing of the Act were omitted by Part III of Part I of Sch. II of the Government of India Act, 1919 (9&10 Geo. 5, Ch. 101). 4. This word substituted for the word "Act" by Part II of Part I of Sch. II of.....

Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 Section 25

Title: Assent to Bills

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....A; or (c) the President may, by order, direct to be reserved for his consideration; or (d) relates to matters referred to in sub-section (5) of Section 7-orSection 17-orSection 34-or sub-section (6) of Section 45-or in Entry I or Entry 2 of the State List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution: Provided also that without prejudice to the provisions of the second proviso, the Administrator shall not assent to, but shall reserve for the consideration of the President, any Bill which has been passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Mizoram and which relates to any area comprised in any autonomous district in that Union Territory under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution. Explanation.- For the purposes of this section and Section 25A-, a Bill shall be deemed to be a Money Bill if it contains only provisions dealing with all or any of the matters specified in sub-section (1) of Section 23-or any matter incidental to any of those matters and, in either case, there is endorsed thereon, the certificate of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly signed by him that it is a Money Bill. _______________________ 1. Substituted for the words "a Union.....

INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 333

Title: Effect of executor's assent to specific legacy

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....from the executor, and he directs him to apply to the legatee. Assent to the legacy is implied. (ii) The interest of a fund is directed by the Will to be applied for the maintenance of the legatee during his minority. The executor commences so to apply it. This is an assent to the whole of the bequest. (iii) A bequest is made of a fund to A and after him to B. The executor pays the interest of the fund to A. This is an implied assent to the bequest to B. (iv) Executors die after paying all the debts of the testator, but before satisfaction of specific legacies. Assent to the legacies may be presumed. (v) A person to whom a specific article has been bequeathed takes possession of it and retains it without any objection on the part of the executor. His assent may be presumed.

Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act, 1969 Section 39

Title: Assent to Bills

State: Central

Year: 1969

.....assent, the Governor shall not-- (a) give assent in the case of a Bill containing provisions of the nature referred to in section 36 except after obtaining the advice of the Chief Minister of Assam; (b) withhold assent in the case of any other Bill. Explanation.-- For the purpose of this section and section 40 a Bill shall be deemed to be a Money Bill if it contains only provisions dealing with all or any of the matters specified in sub-section (1) of section 37 or any matter incidental to any of those matters and there is endorsed thereon the certificate of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly signed by him that it is a Money Bill: Provided that a Bill shall not be deemed to be a Money Bill by reason only that it provides for the imposition of fines or other pecuniary penalties, or for the demand or payment of fees for licences or fees for services rendered or by reason that it provides for the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax by any local authority or body for local purposes.

Constitution of India Article 200

Title: Assent to Bills

State: Central

Year: 1950

When a Bill has been passed by the Legislative Assembly of a State or, in the case of a State having a Legislative Council, has been passed by both Houses of the Legislature of the State, it shall be presented to the Governor and the Governor shall declare either that he assents to the Bill or that he withholds assent therefrom or that he reserves the Bill for the consideration of the President: Provided that the Governor may, as soon as possible after the presentation to him of the Bill for assent, return the Bill if it is not a Money Bill together with a message requesting that the House or Houses will reconsider the Bill or any specified provisions thereof and, in particular, will consider the desirability of introducing any such amendments as he may recommend in his message and, when a Bill is so returned, the . House or Houses shall reconsider the Bill accordingly, and if the Bill is passed again by the House or Houses with or without amendment and presented to the Governor for assent, the Governor shall not withhold assent therefrom: Provided further that the Governor shall not assent to, but shall reserve for the consideration of the President, any Bill which in the op