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PREVENTION OF FOOD ADULTERATION ACT,1954 Section 21

Title: Magistrate's power to impose enhanced penalties

State: Central

Year: 1954

1[ 21 . Magistrate's power to impose enhanced penalties Notwithstanding anything contained in section 29 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ( 2 of 1974), it shall be lawful for any Metropolitan Magistrate or any Judicial Magistrate of the first class to pass any sentence authorised by this Act, except a sentence of imprisonment for life or for a term exceeding six years, in excess of his powers under the said section.] ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 34 of 1976, sec. 19, for section 21 (w.e.f. 1-4-1976).

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EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923 Section 21

Title: Venue of proceeding and transfer

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....him] can be more conveniently dealt with by any other Commissioner, whether in the same State or not, he may, subject to rules made under this Act, order such matter to be transferred to such other Commissioner either for report or for disposal, and, if he does so, shall forthwith transmit to such other Commissioner all documents relevant for the decision of such matter and, where the matter is transferred for disposal, shall also transmit in the prescribed manner any money remaining in his hands or invested by him for the benefit of any party to the proceedings: 3[Provided that the Commissioner shall not, where any party to the proceedings has appeared before him, make any order of transfer relating to the distribution among dependants of a lump sum without giving such party an opportunity of being heard:] 4[***] (3) The Commissioner to whom any matter is so transferred shall, subject to rules made under this Act, inquire thereinto and, if the matter was transferred for report, return his report thereon or, if the matter was transferred for disposal, continue the proceedings as if they had originally commenced before him. (4) On receipt of a report from a.....

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MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874 Section 8

Title: Wife's liability for post-nuptial debts

State: Central

Year: 1874

If a married woman (whether married before or after the first day of January, 1866) possesses separate property, and if any person enters into a contract with her with reference to such property, or on the faith that her obligation arising out of such contract will be satisfied out of her separate property, such person shall be entitled to sue her, and to the extent of her separate property, to recover against her whatever he might have recovered in such suit had she been unmarried at the date of the contract and continued unmarried at the execution of the decree : 1 [Provided that nothing herein contained shall-- (a) entitle such person to recover anything by attachment and sale or otherwise out of any property which has been transferred to a woman or for her benefit on condition that she shall have no power during her marriage to transfer or charge the same or her beneficial interest therein, or (b) affect the liability of a husband for debts contracted by his wife's agency expressed or implied.] _______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 21 of 1929, Sec. 2, for the original proviso.

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Maritime Zones of India Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels Act, 1981 Section 21

Title: Place of Trial

State: Central

Year: 1981

Any person committing an offence under this Act or any rules made thereunder may be tried for the offence in such place1as the Central Government may, by general or special order, published in the Official Gazette, direct in this behalf. __________________________ 1. Places for the purpose of S. 21 are - Dwarka, Porbander, Bombay, Ratnagiri, Mangalore, Vasco-da-gama, Cochin, Ramanathapuram, Madras, Visakhapatnam, Jagatsinghpur, Tamluk and Port Blair.

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EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923 Chapter 2

Title: EMPLOYEES'S COMPENSATION

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....an from the injury amount equal to 2[fifty per cent.] of the monthly wages of the deceased 14[employee] multiplied by the relevant factor; or an amount of 9[one lakh and twenty thousand rupees], whichever is more; (b) where permanent total disablement results from the injury an amount equal to 4[sixty per cent.] of the monthly wages of the injured 14[employee] multiplied by the relevant factor; or an amount of 10[one lakh and forty thousand rupees], whichever is more; 11[Provided that the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, from time to time, enhance the amount of compensation mentioned in clauses (a) and (b).] Explanation I.--For the purposes of clause (a) and clause (b), "relevant factor", in relation to a 14[employee] means the factor specified in the second column of Schedule IV against the entry in the first column of that Schedule specifying the number of years which are the same as the completed years of the age of the 14[employee] on his last birthday immediately preceding the date on which the compensation fell.....

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EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923 Preamble

Title: [EMPLOYEES'S] COMPENSATION ACT, 1923

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1922, Pt. V, p. 313, and for Report of Joint Committee, see Gazette of India, 1923, Pt. V, p. 37. This Act has been extended to Berar by the Berar Laws Act, 1941 (4 of 1941), to Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg. 12 of 1962, sec. 3 and Sch.; to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, sec. 2 and Sch. I, to Pondicherry by Reg. 7 of 1963, sec. 3 and Sch. I, and to Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands by Reg. 8 of 1965, sec. 3 and Sch., and has also been declared in force in the district of Khondmals by sec. 3 and Sch. of the Khondmals Laws Regulation, 1936 (4 of 1936) and in the district of Angul by sec. 3 and Sch. of the Angul Laws Regulation, 1936 (5 of 1936). Extended to Sikkim w.e.f. 1-11-1986 vide G.S.R. 529 (E), dt. 30-12-1986. This Act has been modified in its application to apprentices under the Apprentices Act, 1961 (52 of 1961) by sec. 16 and Sch. to that Act. 2. Substituted by the Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2009 to be effective from 18.01.2010 vide Notification No. S.O. 101(E) dated 18.01.2010 previous text was:- : "WORKMEN'S" 3. Substituted by the Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2009 to be effective.....

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MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874 Complete Act

Title: MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874

State: Central

Year: 1874

Preamble1 - MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874 Chapter I Section1 - Short title Section2 - Extent and application Section3 - Commencement [Repealed] Chapter II Section4 - Married women's earnings to be their separate property Chapter III Section5 - Married women may effect policy of insurance Section6 - Insurance by husband for benefit of wife Chapter IV Section7 - Married women may take legal proceedings Section8 - Wife's liability for post-nuptial debts Chapter V Section9 - Husband not liable for wife's ante-nuptial debts ChapterVI - HUSBAND'S LIABILITY FOR BREACH OF TRUST OF DEVASTATION Section10 - Extent of husband's liability for wife's breach of trust or devastation

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Companies Act, 2013, Chapter XXI

Title: Chapter Xxi

State: Central

Year: 2013

Chapter XXI CHAPTER XXI

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WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S INSTITUTIONS (LICENSING) ACT, 1956[REPEALED] Preamble 1

Title: WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S INSTITUTIONS (LICENSING) ACT, 1956

State: Central

Year: 1956

THE WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S INSTITUTIONS (LICENSING) ACT, 1956 [Act, No. 105 of 1956] [30th December, 1956] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the licensing of institutions for women and children and for matters incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:

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MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874 Chapter V

Title: HUSBAND'S LIABILITY FOR WIFE'S DEBTS

State: Central

Year: 1874

A husband married after the thirty-first day of December, 1865 sh all not by reason only of such marriage be liable to the debts of hi s wife contracted before marriage, but the wife sh all be liable to be sued for, and sh all, to the extent of her separate property, be liable to satisfy such debts as if he had continued unmarried: Provided that nothing contained in this section sh all1[* * *] invalidate any contract into which a husband may, before the passing of this Act, have entered in consideration of hi s wife's ante-nuptial debts. _______________________ 1. The words "affect any suit instituted before the passing of this Act, not" rep . b y Act 12 of 1891 , Sec. 2 and Sch. I.

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