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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 6

Title: Act of Insolvency

State: Central

Year: 1920

.....the amount due under the decree or order and require the debtor to pay the same or to furnish security for the payment of such amount to the satisfaction of the creditor or his agent; (d) specify for its compliance a period of not less than one month after its service on the debtor or, if it is to be served on a debtor residing whether permanently or temporarily, outside India, such period (being not less than one month) as may be specified by the order of the District Court granting leave for the service of such notice; (e) state the consequences of non-compliance with the notice. (4) No insolvency notice shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only that the sum specified therein as the amount due under the decree or order exceeds the amount actually due, unless the debtor, within the period specified in the insolvency notice for its compliance, gives notice to the creditor that the sum specified in the insolvency notices does not correctly represent the amount due under the decree or order : Provided that if the debtor does not give any such notice as aforesaid, he shall be deemed to have complied with the insolvency notice if, within the period specified therein for.....

Prisons Act, 1894 Chapter XI

Title: Prison-offences

State: Central

Year: 1894

.....which may not be awarded in combination for any such offence. ] ________________________ 1. Section 47 renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section by Act 17 of 1925, Section 3. 2. Substituted by Act 17 of 1925, Section 3, for "solitary" 3. Substituted by Act 17 of 1925, Section 3, for exception (3). 4. Substituted by Act 10 of 1914, Section 2 and Sch.I, for "or". 5. Inserted by Act 17 of 1925, Section 3. 6. Substituted by the A. O.1937 for "Governor General in Council" and again by the A. O.1950, for "Provincial Government". Section 48 - Award of punishments under sections 46 and 47 (1) The Superintendent shall have power to award any of the punishments enumerated in the two last foregoing sections, subject, in the case of separate confinement for a period exceeding one month, to the previous confirmation of the Inspector General. (2) No officer subordinate to the Superintendent shall have power to award any punishment whatever. Section 49 - Punishments to be in accordance with foregoing sections Except by order of a Court of Justice, no punishment other than the punishments specified in the foregoing sections shall be inflicted on any prisoner, and.....

Prisons Act, 1894 Section 46

Title: Punishment of Such Offences

State: Central

Year: 1894

.....render any female or civil prisoner liable to the imposition of any form of handcuffs or fetters, or to whipping. ________________________ 1.Inserted by Act 17 of 1925, Section 2. 2.Substituted by the A. O.1937, for "Governor General in Council" and again by the A. O.1950, for "Provincial Government". 3.Substituted by the A. O.1937 for "Governor General in Council" and again by the A. O.1950, for "Provincial Government". 4.Substituted by Act 17 of 1925, Section2, for "six". 5.Clause (11) rep.and Clauses (12) and (13) renumbered as Clauses (11) and (12) respectively by Act 17 of 1925,Section 2. 6.Substituted by Act 17 of 1925, Section2, for "solitary". 7.The words "as defined in clause (11)" omitted by Act 17 of 1925,Section 2.

The Travancorecochin Prisons Act, 1950[1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1950

.....of prisoners in jails. (6) "History-ticket" means the ticket exhibiting such information as is required in respect of each prisoner by this Act or the rules thereunder. (7) "Inspector-General" means the Inspector-General of Prisons. (8) "Medical subordinate" means an Assistant Surgeon or Sub-Assistant Surgeon. (9) "Prohibited article" means an article the introduction or removal of which into or out of a prison is prohibited by any rule under this Act. CHAPTER II Maintenance and Officers of prisons 4. Government shall provide, for the prisoners in the State of Travancore-Cochin accommodation in prisons constructed and regulated in such manner as to comply with the requisitions of this Act in respect of the separation of prisoners. 5. The District Magistrate of the District in which the prison is situate or any other officer appointed by Government shall be Inspector-General in respect of that prison who shall exercise, subject to the orders of Government, the general control and superintendence of that prison. 6. For every prison, Government shall appoint a Superintendent a Medical Officer (who may also be the Superintendent), a Medical Subordinate, a Jailer, and such.....

The Sikkim Prisons Act, 2007 Complete Act

State: Sikkim

Year: 2007

THE SIKKIM PRISONS ACT, 2007 THE SIKKIM PRISONS ACT, 2007 (Act No. 16 of 2007) AN ACT To provide for a law regulating the prisons in Sikkim. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Sikkim in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: - CHAPTER I Short title, extent and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Prisons Act, 2007 (2) It extends to the whole of Sikkim; (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, in the official gazette appoint. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: - (a) "civil prisoner" means any prisoner who is not a criminal prisoner; 2 . (b) "Competent authority" means any officer having jurisdiction and legal authority to deal with a particular matter in question; (c) "convicted criminal prisoner" means any criminal prisoner under sentence of court or court-martial, and includes a person detained in prison under the provision of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; (d) "Court" includes any officer lawfully exercising civil, criminal or revenue jurisdiction; (e) "criminal prisoner" means any prisoner duly committed to custody.....

Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909 Part II

Title: Proceedings from Act of Insolvency to Discharge

State: Central

Year: 1909

.....Insolvency and the Provincial Insolvency (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1939 (Bom.15 of 1939), s.2} Explanation.For the purposes of this section, the act of an agent may be the act of the principal, even though the agent have no specific authority to commit the act.{For s.9A, applicable to Bombay only, see s.2, ibid.} Section 10 - Power to adjudicate Subject to the conditions specified in this Act, if a debtor commits an act of insolvency, an insolvency petition may be presented either by a creditor or by the debtor, and the Court may on such petition make an order (hereinafter called an order of adjudication) adjudging him an insolvent. Explanation.The presentation of a petition by the debtor shall be deemed an act of insolvency within the meaning of this section, and on such petition the Court may make an order of adjudication. Section 11 - Restrictions on jurisdiction The Court shall not have jurisdiction to make an order of adjudication, unless (a) the debtor is, at the time of the presentation of the insolvency petition, imprisoned in execution of the decree of a Court for the payment of money in any prison to which debtors are ordinarily committed by the Court in.....

Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909 Section 9

Title: Acts of Insolvency Acts of Insolvency

State: Central

Year: 1909

.....not less than twenty-one days in execution of the decree of any Court for the payment of money; (f) if he petitions to be adjudged an insolvent; (g) if he gives notice to any of his creditors that he has suspended, or that he is about to suspend, payment of his debts; (h) if he is imprisoned in execution of the decree of any Court for the payment of money.{For cl.(i) and the proviso, applicable to Bombay only, see the Presidency-towns Insolvency and the Provincial Insolvency (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1939 (Bom.15 of 1939), s.2} Explanation.For the purposes of this section, the act of an agent may be the act of the principal, even though the agent have no specific authority to commit the act.{For s.9A, applicable to Bombay only, see s.2, ibid.}

Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963 Chapter XI

Title: Prison Offences

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

.....with the foregoing except by order of a competent court Except by order of a competent court no punishment other than the punishment specified in section 46, section 47, section 48 or section 49 shall be inflicted on any prisoner and no punishment shall be inflicted on any prisoner otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of those sections. Section 51 - Medical Officer to certify to fitness of prisoner for punishment (1) No punishment of change of labour under clause (2) of section 46 shall be executed until the prisoner to whom such punishment has been awarded has been examined by the Medical Officer, who, if he considers the prisoner fit to undergo the punishment, shall certify accordingly in the appropriate column of the punishment book prescribed in section 11. (2) If he considers the prisoner unfit to undergo the punishment, he shall in like manner record his opinion in writing and shall state whether the prisoner is absolutely unfit for punishment of the kind awarded, or whether he considers any modification necessary. (3) If he considers any modification necessary he shall state what extent of punishment he thinks the prisoner can undergo without injury.....

Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963 Section 46

Title: Punishment of Offences Under Section 45

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

The Superintendent may examine any person touching any offence declared to be a prison offence under section 45, and determine thereupon and punish such offence by,- (1) a formal warning; Explanation.--A formal warning shall mean a warning personally addressed to a prisoner by the Superintendent and recorded in the punishment book and on the prisoner's history-ticket. (2) change of labour to some more irksome or severe form for such period as may be prescribed; (3) hard labour for a period not exceeding seven days in case of convicted criminal prisoners not sentenced to rigorous imprisonment; (4) such loss of privileges admissible under the remission or furlough system for the time being in force as may be prescribed; (5) separate confinement for any period not exceeding two months: Provided that while executing punishment of separate confinement, no prisoner shall be kept in separate confinement continuously for more than a fortnight at one time and the interval between one period of confinement and the next will be at least a week. Explanation.--"Separate confinement" means such confinement with or without labour as entirely secludes a prisoner from.....