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Government of India Act, 1800 [Repealed] Section 20

Title: The Power of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Fort William Shall Extend over the Province of Benares and All Places Subordinate Thereto, and All Districts Hereafter Annexed to the Presidency of Fort William

State: Central

Year: 1800

1[* * *] the power and authority of the said supreme court of judicature in and for the said presidency of Fort William aforesaid, as now and by virtue of this Act established, and all such regulations, as have been or may be hereafter, according to the powers and authorities, and subject, to the provisions and restrictions before enacted, framed and provided, shall extend to and over the said province or district of Benares, and to and over all the factories, districts and place, which now are or hereafter shall be made subordinate thereto, and to and over all such provinces and districts as may at any time hereafter be annexed and made subject to the said presidency of Fort William aforesaid. ____________________________ 1. Words omitted by 55 & 56 Vict., c. 19 (S.L.R.).

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Government of India Act, 1833 [Repealed] Section 20

Title: [Repealed]

State: Central

Year: 1833

Repealed 37 & 38 Vict., c. 35 (S.L.R.).

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Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act, 1838 Section 20

Title: Voting by Proxy

State: Central

Year: 1838

1 * * * Every proprietor entitled to vote at any general meeting may give a proxy in writing, general or special, limited or unlimited, and signed by himself or by his attorney duly authorized thereunto, to any other proprietor; and 2 * * *the proprietor to whom the proxy is given, may vote on behalf of the proprietor who had given the proxy, according- to the terms of such proxy. _______________________ 1. The words "And it is hereby enacted, that" omitted by Act 12 of 1891, section 2 and Schedule I. 2. The word "that" omitted by section 2 and schedule I by Act 12 of 1891, section 2 and Schedule I.

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Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 Section 20

Title: Power to Require Amendment of Charge and to Adjourn. Reason for Refusing Adjournment to Be Recorded

State: Central

Year: 1850

When the commissioners shall be of opinion that the articles of charge or any of them are not drawn with sufficient clearness and precision, the commissioners may, in their discretion, require the same to be amended, and may thereupon, on the application of the person accused, adjourn the inquiry for a reasonable time. The commissioners may also, if they think fit, adjourn the inquiry from time to time, on the application of either the prosecutor or the person accused on the ground of sickness or unavoidable, absence of any witness or other reasonable cause. When such application is made and refused, the commissioners shall record the application, and their reasons for refusing to comply with it.

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Oriental Gas Company Act ,1857 Section 20

Title: How Expenses to Be Ascertained

State: Central

Year: 1857

The amount of the expenses of every such examination and repair, and of any injury done to the said Company, shall, in case of any dispute about the same, together with the costs of ascertaining and recovering the same, be ascertained and recovered in the manner prescribed for the ascertainment and recovery of expenses in section 7 of this Act.

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Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 20

Title: Secretary of State to Divide the Council into Committees and to Regulate the Transaction of Business

State: Central

Year: 1858

It shall be lawful for the Secretary of State to divide the Council into Committees for the more convenient Transaction of Business, and from Time to Time to re-arrange such Committees, and to direct what Departments of the Business in relation to the Government of India under this Act shall be under such Committees respectively, and generally to direct the Manner in which all such business shall be transacted.

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Forfeiture Act 1859 Section 20

Title: Rights of Parties Not Charged with Offence Involving Forfeiture.proviso

State: Central

Year: 1859

Nothing in this Act shall be held to affect the rights of parties not charged with any offence for which upon conviction the property of the offender is forfeited in respect of any property attached or seized as forfeited or liable to be forfeited to Government: Provided that no suit brought by any party in respect of such property shall be entertained unless it be instituted within the period of one year from the date of the attachment or seizure of the property to which the suit relates.

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Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859 Section 20

Title: Power to Make Rotes

State: Central

Year: 1859

It shall be lawful for the Central Government to make such rules as it shall think proper, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, for conducting the proceedings and regulating the practice of the said Court.

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 20

Title: "court of Justice"

State: Central

Year: 1860

The words "Court of Justice" denote a Judge who is empowered by law to act judicially alone, or a body of Judges which is empowered by law to act judicially as a body, when such Judge or body of Judges is acting judicially. Illustration A panchayat acting under1[Regulation VII, 1816, of the Madras Code, having power to try and determine suits, is a Court of Justice. _______________________ 1. Repealed by the Madras Civil Courts Act, 1873 (3 of 1873).

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Societies Registration Act, 1860 Section 20

Title: To What Societies Act Applies

State: Central

Year: 1860

The following societies may be registered under this Act:-- Charitable societies, the military orphan funds or societies established at the several presidencies of India, societies established for the promotion of science, literature, or the fine arts for instruction, the diffusion of useful knowledge,1[the diffusion of political education], the foundation or maintenance of libraries or reading-rooms for general use among the members or open to the public or public museums and galleries of paintings and other works of art, collections of natural history, mechanical and philosophical inventions, instruments, or designs. ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 22 of 1927.

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