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Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 Section 153

Title: Powers and Duties of the Upadhyaksha

State: Karnataka

Year: 1993

Section 153 - Powers and duties of the Upadhyaksha The Upadhyaksha of the Taluk Panchayat shall,- (a) exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Adhyaksha, when the Adhyaksha is absent or on leave or is incapacitated from functioning1[or when the office of Adhyaksha is vacant]; and (b) in the absence of the Adhyaksha1[or when the office of Adhyaksha is vacant] preside over the meeting of the Taluk Panchayat. _______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 1 of 1997 w.e.f. 26.2.1997.

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Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 153

Title: Extension of Time for Completion of Election

State: Central

Year: 1951

1[153. Extension of time for completion of election. - It shall be competent for the Election Commission for reasons which it considers sufficient, to extend the time for the completion of any election by making necessary amendments in the notification issued by it under section 30 or sub-section (1) of section 39.] ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 27 of 1956, sec 78 for section 153.

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Indian Evidence Act 1872 Section 153

Title: Exclusion of Evidence to Contradict Answers to Questions Testing Veracity

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....of his previous conviction. Exception 2.If a witness is asked any question tending to impeach his impartiality, and answers it by denying the facts suggested, he may be contradicted. Illustrations (a) A claim against an underwriter is resisted on the ground of fraud. The claimant is asked whether, in a former transaction, he had not made a fraudulent claim. He denies it. Evidence is offered to show that he did make such a claim. The evidence is inadmissible. (b) A witness is asked whether he was not dismissed from a situation for dishonesty. He denies it. Evidence is offered to show that he was dismissed for dishonesty. The evidence is not admissible. (c) A affirms that on a certain day he saw B at Lahore. A is asked whether he himself was not on that day at Calcutta. He denies it. Evidence is offered to show that A was on that day at Calcutta. The evidence is admissible, not as contradicting A on a fact which affects his credit, but as contradicting the alleged fact that B was seen on the day in question in Lahore. In each of these cases the witness might, if his denial was false, be charged with giving false evidence. (d) A is asked whether.....

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Bombay Police Act, 1951, (Maharashtra) Section 153

Title: Disposal of Fees, Rewards, Etc.

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1951

All fees paid for licences or written permissions issued under this Act, and all sums paid for the service of processes by Police Officers, and all rewards, forfeitures and penalties or shares thereof which are by law payable to Police Officers as informers, shall, save in so far as any such fees or sums belong under the provisions of any enactment in force to any local authority, be credited to the State Government: Provided that with the sanction of the State Government, or under any rule made by the State Government in that behalf, the whole or any portion of any such reward, forfeiture or penalty may, for special services, be paid to a Police Officer, or be divided amongst two or more Police Officers.

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Companies Act, 2013, Section 153

Title: Application for Allotment of Director Identification Number

State: Central

Year: 2013

Every individual intending to be appointed as director of a company shall make an application for allotment of Director Identification Number to the Central Government in such form and manner and along with such fees as may be prescribed.

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Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 153

Title: Non-ademption of Demonstrative Legacy

State: Central

Year: 1925

A demonstrative legacy is not adeemed by reason that the property on which it is charged by the will does not exist at the time of the death of the testator, or has been converted into property of a different kind, but it shall in such case be paid out of the general assets of the testator.

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Customs Act, 1962 Section 153

Title: Service of Order, Decision, Etc

State: Central

Year: 1962

Any order or decision passed or any summons or notice issued under this Act, shall be served (a) by tendering the order, decision, summons or notice or sending it by registered post to the person for whom it is intended or to his agent ; or (b) if the order, decision, summons or notice cannot be served in the manner provided in clause (a), by affixing it on the notice board of the customs house.

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Navy Act, 1957 Section 153

Title: Change of Place of Confinement

State: Central

Year: 1957

Whenever it is deemed expedient, it shall be lawful for the Central Government, the Chief of the Naval Staff or senior officer present, by an order in writing in the prescribed form, from time to time to change the place of confinement of any offender imprisoned or sentenced to be imprisoned or detained in pursuance of this Act or of any offender undergoing or sentenced to undergo detention; and the gaoler or other person having the custody of such offender shall immediately on the receipt of such order remove such offender to the gaol, prison or house of correction or, in the case of an offender undergoing or sentenced to undergo detention, to the naval detention quarters mentioned in the said order, or shall deliver him over to naval custody for the purpose of the offender being removed to such prison or naval detention quarters, and every gaoler or keeper of such last-mentioned prison, gaol, or house of correction or naval detention quarters shall, upon being furnished with such order of removal, receive into his. custody and shall confine pursuant to such sentence or order every such offender.

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New Delhi Municipal Council Act 1994 Section 153

Title: New Premises Not to Be Occupied Without Arrangement for Water Supply

State: Central

Year: 1994

It shall not be lawful for the owner of any premises which may be newly constructed or reconstructed within any portion of New Delhi to occupy it or cause or permit it to be occupied until he has obtained a certificate from the Chairperson that there is provided within, or within a reasonable distance of, the premises such supply of wholesome water as appears to the Chairperson to be adequate for the persons who may occupy, or be employed in, such premises for their domestic purposes.

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 153

Title: Wantonly Giving Provocation with Intent to Cause Riot--if Rioting Be Committed--if Not Committed

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever malignantly, or wantonly, by doing anything which is illegal, gives provocation to any person intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause the offence of rioting to be committed, shall, if the offence of rioting be committed in consequence of such provocation, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both; and if the offence of rioting be not committed, withimprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.

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