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Tamil Nadu Stamp Act, 2013 Complete Act

State: Tamil Nadu

Year: 2013

.....times, first executed; (5) "Chief Controlling Revenue Authority"means the officer appointed under sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act XVI of 1908) to be the Inspector General of Registration or any person authorised by the Government to exercise all or any of the power of the Chief Controlling Revenue Authority under that Act; (6) "clearance list"means a list of transactions relating to contracts required to be submitted to the Clearing House of an association in accordance with the rules or bye-laws of the association; (7) "Collector"means the Collector of a district and includes any officer specifically appointed by the Government to perform the functions of the Collector under this Act; (8) "conveyance" includes" (a) a conveyance on sale; (b) every instrument; (c) every order made by the High Court under Section 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956) in respect of amalgamation or reconstruction of companies; and (d) every order made by the Reserve Bank of India under Section 44A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949; by which property, whether movable or immovable or any interest in any property is transferred inter vivos and.....

Companies Act, 2013, Section 66

Title: Reduction of Share Capital

State: Central

Year: 2013

.....with respect to his debt or claim, not entered on the list of creditors, and after such reduction, the company is unable, within the meaning of sub-section (2) of section 271, to pay the amount of his debt or claim,-- (a) every person, who was a member of the company on the date of the registration of the order for reduction by the Registrar, shall be liable to contribute to the payment of that debt or claim, an amount not exceeding the amount which he would have been liable to contribute if the company had commenced winding up on the day immediately before the said date; and (b) if the company is wound up, the Tribunal may, on the application of any such creditor and proof of his ignorance as aforesaid, if it thinks fit, settle a list of persons so liable to contribute, and make and enforce calls and orders on the contributories settled on the list, as if they were ordinary contributories in a winding up. (9) Nothing in sub-section (8) shall affect the rights of the contributories among themselves. (10) If any officer of the company-- (a) knowingly conceals the name of any creditor entitled to object to the reduction; (b) knowingly misrepresents the nature or amount.....

Companies Act, 2013, Section 342

Title: Prosecution of Delinquent Officers and Members of Company

State: Central

Year: 2013

.....sub-section (2), the Tribunal may, on the application of any person interested in the winding up or suo motu, direct the Company Liquidator to make such a report, and on a report being made, the provisions of this section shall have effect as though the report had been made in pursuance of the provisions of sub-section (2). (5) When any prosecution is instituted under this section, it shall be the duty of the liquidator and of every person, who is or has been an officer and agent of the company to give all assistance in connection with the prosecution which he is reasonably able to give. Explanation. -- For the purposes of this sub-section, the expression "agent", in relation to a company, shall include any banker or legal adviser of the company and any person employed by the company as auditor. (6) If a person fails or neglects to give assistance required by sub-section (5), he shall be liable to pay fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees but which may extend to one lakh rupees.

National Food Security Act, 2013, Section 33

Title: Penalties

State: Central

Year: 2013

Any public servant or authority found guilty, by the State Commission at the time of deciding any complaint or appeal, of failing to provide the relief recommended by the District Grievance Redressal Officer, without reasonable cause, or wilfully ignoring such recommendation, shall be liable to penalty not exceeding five thousand rupees: Provided that the public servant or the public authority, as the case may be, shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard before any penalty is imposed.

National Food Security Act, 2013, Section 34

Title: Power to Adjudicate

State: Central

Year: 2013

(1) For the purpose of adjudging penalty under section 33, the State Commission shall authorise any of its member to be an adjudicating officer for holding an inquiry in the prescribed manner after giving any person concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard for the purpose of imposing any penalty. (2) While holding an inquiry the adjudicating officer shall have power to summon and enforce the attendance of any person acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case to give evidence or to produce any document which in the opinion of the adjudicating officer, may be useful for or relevant to the subject matter of the inquiry and if, on such inquiry, he is satisfied that the person has failed to provide the relief recommended by the District Grievance Redressal Officer, without reasonable cause, or wilfully ignored such recommendation, he may impose such penalty as he thinks fit in accordance with the provisions of section 33.

National Food Security Act, 2013, Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 2013

.....Integrated Child Development Services Scheme of the Central Government to render services covered under section 4, clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 5 and section 6; (2) "central pool" means the stock of foodgrains which is,-- (i) procured by the Central Government and the State Governments through minimum support price operations; (ii) maintained for allocations under the Targeted Public Distribution System, other welfare schemes, including calamity relief and such other schemes; (iii) kept as reserves for schemes referred to in sub-clause (ii); (3) "eligible households" means households covered under the priority households and the Antyodaya Anna Yojana referred to in sub-section (1) of section 3; (4) "fair price shop" means a shop which has been licensed to distribute essential commodities by an order issued under section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955), to the ration card holders under the Targeted Public Distribution System; (5) "foodgrains" means rice, wheat or coarse grains or any combination thereof conforming to such quality norms as may be determined, by order, by the Central Government from time to time; (6) "food security".....

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2013

.....exist, in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided that a mere inability to substantiate a complaint or provide adequate proof need not attract action against the complainant under this section: Provided further that the malicious intent on part of the complainant shall be established after an inquiry in accordance with the procedure prescribed, before any action is recommended. (2) Where the Internal Committee or the Local Committee, as the case may be, arrives at a conclusion that during the inquiry any witness has given false evidence or produced any forged or misleading document, it may recommend to the employer of the witness or the District Officer, as the case may be, to take action in accordance with the provisions of the service rules applicable to the said witness or where no such service rules exist, in such manner as may be prescribed. 15. For the purpose of determining the sums to be paid to the aggrieved woman under clause (ii) of sub-section (3) of section 13, the Internal Committee or the Local Committee, as the case may be, shall have regard to " (a) the mental trauma, pain, suffering and emotional distress caused to the aggrieved woman; (b).....

Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, (Central) Schedule

Title: the Second Schedule

State: Central

Year: 2013

THE SECOND SCHEDULE [See sections 31(1), 38(1) and 105(3)] ELEMENTS OK REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT ENTITLEMENTS FOR ALL THE AFFECTED FAMILIES (BOTH LAND OWNERS AND THE FAMILIES WHOSE LIVELIHOOD IS PRIMARILY DEPENDENT ON LAND ACQUIRED) IN ADDITION TO THOSE PROVIDED IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE. Serial No. Elements of Rehabilitation and Resettlement Entitlements Entitlement/provision Whether provided or not (if provided, details to be given) (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. Provision of housing units in case of displacement (1) If a house is lost in rural areas, a constructed house shall be provided as per the Indira Awas Yojana specifications. If a house is lost in urban areas, a constructed house shall be provided, which will be not less than 50 sq.mts. in plinth area. (2) The benefits listed above shall also be extended to any affected family which is without homestead land and which has been residing in the area continuously for a period of not less than three years preceding the date of notification of the affected area and which has been involuntarily displaced from such area: Provided that any such family in urban areas which opts not to take the house offered,.....

Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, (Central) Preamble

Title: the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013

State: Central

Year: 2013

THE RIGHT TO FAIR COMPENSATION AND TRANSPARENCY IN LAND ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT ACT, 2013 [Act No. 30 of 2013] [26th September, 2013] PREAMBLE An Act to ensure, in consultation with institutions of local self-government and Gram Sabhas established under the Constitution, a humane, participative, informed and transparent process for land acquisition for industrialisation, development of essential infrastructural facilities and urbanisation with the least disturbance to the owners of the land and other affected families and provide just and fair compensation to the affected families whose land has been acquired or proposed to be acquired or are affected by such acquisition and make adequate provisions for such affected persons for their rehabilitation and resettlement and for ensuring that the cumulative outcome of compulsory acquisition should be that affected persons become partners in development leading to an improvement in their post acquisition social and economic status and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

Wakf (Amendment) Act, 2013, (Central) Section 11

Title: Amendment of Section 9

State: Central

Year: 2013

In section 9 of the principal Act,-- (a) for sub-section (1), the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:-- "(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a Council to be called the Central Waqf Council, for the purpose of advising the Central Government, the State Governments and the Boards on matters concerning the working of Boards and the due administration of auqaf. (1A) The Council referred to in sub-section (1) shall issue directives to the Boards, on such issues and in such manner, as provided under sub-sections (4) and (5)."; (b) in sub-section (2), in clause (b),-- (i) for sub-clause (ii), the following sub-clause shall be substituted, namely:-- "(ii) four persons of national eminence, one each from the fields of administration or management, financial management, engineering or architecture and medicine;"; (ii) after sub-clause (viii), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-- "Provided that at least two of the members appointed under sub-clauses (i) to (viii) shall be women."; (c) after sub-section (3), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:-- "(4) The State Government or, as.....