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Income Tax Act, 1961 Section 259

Title: Case Before High Court to Be Heard by Not Less Than Two Judges (Omitted)

State: Central

Year: 1961

1[***] _________________________________ 1. Omitted by the National Tax Tribunal Act, 2005, with effect from 28th December, 2005. Prior to omission, section 259 stood as under: 259. Case before High Court to be heard by not less than two Judges. (1) When any case has been referred to the High Court under section 256, it shall be heard by a Bench of not less than two Judges of the High Court, and shall be decided in accordance with the opinion of such Judges or of the majority, if any, of such Judges. (2) Where there is no such majority, the Judges shall state the point of law upon which they differ, and the case shall then be heard upon that point only by one or more of the other Judges of the High Court, and such point shall be decided according to the opinion of the majority of the Judges who have heard the case including those who first heard it.

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Government of India Act, 1935 [Repealed] Section 259

Title: Provisions as to Certain Persons Serving in or Before 1924

State: Central

Year: 1935

.....respect of a person appointed as aforesaid, and any government contributions to any provident fund or pensions fund in respect of any such person, shall be charged on the revenues of the Federation. (3) The provisions of the last preceding sub-section shall also apply in relation to persons who retired before the first day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and before they retired belonged to services or held posts which were as from the said date classified as superior services or posts, or which are declared by the Secretary of State to have been services or post equivalent in character to services or posts so classified. ________________________ 1. Omitted, by the India (Provisional Constitution) Order, 1947.

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 259

Title: Power of Court to Convert Summons-cases into Warrant Cases

State: Central

Year: 1973

When in the course of the trial of a summons-case relating to an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding six months, it appears to the Magistrate that in the interests of justice, the offence should be tried in accordance with the procedure for the trial of warrant-cases, such Magistrate may proceed to re-hear the case in the manner provided by this Code for the trial of warrant-cases and may recall any witness who may have been examined.

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 259

Title: Having Possession of Counterfeit Government Stamp

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever has in his possession any stamp which he knows to be a counterfeit of any stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, intending to use, or dispose of the same as a genuine stamp, or in order that it may be used as a genuine stamp, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 259

Title: Rules as to Grants of Effects Unadministered

State: Central

Year: 1925

In granting letters of administration of an estate not fully administered, the Court shall be guided by the same rules as apply to original grants, and shall grant letters of administration to those persons only to whom original grants might have been made.

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Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 Section 259

Title: Maintenance of Accounts and Restriction of Expenditure

State: Karnataka

Year: 1993

(1) Accounts of the income and expenditure of the Zilla Panchayat fund shall be kept in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed. (2) Expenditure from the Zilla Panchayat Fund shall, save as otherwise expressly provided for in this Act, be incurred subject to such sanctions, conditions and limitations as may be prescribed. (3) The Zilla Panchayat shall, within a period not exceeding three months after the close of the official year, pass the accounts of that year.

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Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 Section 259

Title: Factories in Crowded Localities

State: Karnataka

Year: 1964

(1) In any1[municipal area], no person shall establish in any premises any factory, as defined in the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act No. XIII of 1948), without the previous written permission of the municipal council. (2) The municipal council may refuse to give such permission if it be ofopinion that the establishment of such factory in the proposed position is objectionable by reason of the density of the population of the neighbourhood thereof, or will be a nuisance to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood or in any other manner contravenes the terms of any bye-law framed in this behalf. (3) Whoever establishes in any premises any factory, as aforesaid withoutor after the refusal of such permission, or in contravention of the terms of any bye-law framed in this behalf shall be punished with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees and with further fine which may extend to fifty rupees for every day on which such establishment or contravention is continued after the date of first conviction. _______________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 36 of 1994 w.e.f. 1.6.1994.

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Companies Act, 2013, Section 259

Title: Appointment of Administrator

State: Central

Year: 2013

(1) The interim administrator or the company administrator, as the case may be, shall be appointed by the Tribunal from a databank maintained by the Central Government or any institute or agency authorised by the Central Government in a manner as may be prescribed consisting of the names of company secretaries, chartered accountants, cost accountants and such other professionals as may, by notification, be specified by the Central Government. (2) The terms and conditions of the appointment of interim and company administrators shall be such as may be ordered by the Tribunal. (3) The Tribunal may direct the company administrator to take over the assets or management of the company and for the purpose of assisting him in the management of the company, the company administrator may, with the approval of the Tribunal, engage the services of suitable expert or experts.

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Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 259

Title: Method of Recovery

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....including rent on land and buildings due under leases or licences executed by or in favour of a Board or the Defence Estates Officer,] under this Act or the rules made thereunder] may be recovered together with the cost of recovery either by suit or, on application to a4[Judicial Magistrate] having jurisdiction in the cantonment or in any place where the person from whom such5[tax, rent or money] is recoverable may for the time being be residing,6[either by the distress and sale of movable property of such person, or by the attachment and sale of immovable property of that person, which is within the limits of the jurisdiction of such Judicial Magistrate, or by both these methods], and shall, if payable by the owner of any property as such, be a charge on the property until paid : Provided that the too is of artisans,7[growing crops up to the value of five hundred rupees and implements and cattle used for the purposes of agriculture] shall be exempt from such distress or sale. (2) An application to a4[Judicial Magistrate] under sub-section (1) shall be in writing and shall be signed by the President or Vice- President of the Board or by the Executive Officer7[or the.....

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Companies Act, 1956 Section 259

Title: Increase in Number of Directors to Requiregovernment Sanction

State: Central

Year: 1956

In the case of a public company or a private company which is a subsidiary of a public company, any increase in the number of its directors, except- (a) in the case of a company which was in existence on the 21 st day of July, 1951 , an increase which was within the permissible maximum under its articles as in force on that date, and (b) in the case of a company which came or may come into existence after that date, an increase which is within the permissible maximum under its articles as first registered, shall not have any effect unless approved by the Central Government; and shall become void if, and insofar as, it is disapproved by that Government: 1[Provided that where such permissible maximum is twelve or less than twelve, no approval of the Central Government shall be required if the increase in the number of its directors does not make the total number of its directors more than twelve.] ______________________ 1. Added by Act 31 of 1965, Section 31 (w.e.f. 15-10-1965).

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