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Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 [Repealed] Section 45

Title: Power of Board to Enter Upon and Shut Down Generating Stations in Certain Circumstances

State: Central

Year: 1948

(1) If any licensee fails to close down his generating station pursuant to a declaration of the Board under section 36, or if any person establishes or acquires a new generating station or extends or replaces any plant or works in any generating station in contravention of section 44, the Board may authorise any of its officers to enter upon the premises of such station and shut down the station or the plant or works, as the case may be, in respect of which the failure or contravention has occurred. (2) Any expenses incurred by the Board under this section shall be recoverable by it from the licensee or person concurred as an arrear of land revenue, and for such purpose the Board shall be deemed to be a public officer within the meaning of section 5 of the Revenue Recovery Act, 1890 (1 of 1890). (3) Any difference or dispute arising out of the provisions of this section shall be referred to the arbitration of the Authority.

The Chhattisgarh Municipalities Act, 1961 Complete Act

State: Chattisgarh

Year: 1961

.....or drains and polluted water from sinks, bathrooms, stables, cattlesheds, and other like places and includes trade effluents and discharges from manufactories of all kinds; (34) "sewer" includes a drain, a house drain or a drain of any other description and any other device for carrying off sullage, sewage, offensive matter, polluted water, rain water, or sub-soil water; (35) "Slaughter-house" means any place used for the slaughter of cattle, sheep, goats, kids or pigs; [Inserted by M.P. Act No. 17 of 1994.] [(35-a) "State Election Commission" means the State Election Commission constituted under Article 243-K of the Constitution;] [Inserted by C.G. Act No. 17 of 2012, w.e.f. 9-8-2012.] [(35-b) "social audit" means the review of the impact of policies, programmes, schemes or procedures adopted or implemented by any municipal authority, by a group or groups of persons residing within the municipal area within which such review is conducted;] (36) "street" means any road, foot-way, square, court, alley or passage, accessible, whether permanently or temporarily to the public, whether a thorough-fare or not; and shall include every vacant space, notwithstanding that it.....

Bengal Embankment Act, 1882 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1882

.....extent This Act may be called the Bengal Embankment Act, 1882. 11. This Para subs. by the Indian Independence (Adaptation of Bengal and Punjab Acts) Order. 1948. [It extends to the State22. Word subs, by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. of West Bengal and Bihar, and also to that part of the State2 of Orissa which on the twenty-first day of June, 1882, was subject to the Lieutenant- Governor of Bengal, but only as provided in Part IX.] (Commencement). Rep. by Act 1 of 1903. Section 2 Repeal of former Acts 33. Words rep. by Act 1 of 1903. 44. Words and figures subs, by Ben. Act 1 of 1939. [the Bengal Embankment Act, 1873], with the exception of the sections set out and schedules specified in Schedule I to this Act annexed, shall be repealed. The references in the said sections, which are mentioned in Schedule II to this Act annexed, shall be read as if the references were made to the portions of this Act mentioned against such references respectively in the third column of such schedule. Sections 80 and 81 of this Act shall be applicable respectively to the proclamation and notice mentioned in sections 26 and 28, Bengal Act 6 of 1873. Section 3 Interpretation The.....

Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923) Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....a person recognised in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations for inspection and certification of boilers and boiler components during manufacture, erection and use. All Inspectors shall be ipso facto competent persons;] 6[(cc) "economiser" means any part of a feed-pipe that is wholly or partially exposed to the action of flue gases for the purpose of recovery of waste heat; (ccc) "feed-pipe" means any pipe or connected fitting wholly or partly under pressure through which feed water passes directly to a boiler and 7[which] does not form an integral part thereof;] 10[(ccd) "Inspecting Authority" means an institution recognised in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations for the inspection and certification of boilers and boiler components during manufacture. All Chief Inspectors of Boilers shall be ipso facto Inspecting Authorities; (cce) "manufacture" means manufacture, construction and fabrication of boiler or boiler component, or both; (ccf) "manufacturer" means a person engaged in the manufacture;] (d) "owner" 11[includes any person possessing or] using a boiler as agent of the owner thereof and any person using a boiler which he has hired or.....

Commercial Documents Evidence Act, 1939 Schedule 1

Title: Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1939

.....commerce. 18. Receipt of a Railway or Steamship company granted to a consignor in acknowledgment of goods entrusted to the company for transport 19. Receipt granted by the Posts and Telegraphs Department. 20. Certificate or survey award issued by a recognized Chamber of Commerce relating to the quality, size, weight or valuation of any goods, count of yarn or percentage of moisture in yarn and other goods. 21. Copy, certified by the Registrar of Companies, of the balance-sheet, profit and loss account, and audit report of a company, filed with the said Registrar under the Indian Companies Act, 1913{see now the Indian Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956)}, and the rules made there under.

Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 Schedule I

Title: Schedule

State: Central

Year: 2000

..... (d) Law enforcement including domestic riot control purposes. 10. "Production Capacity" means: The annual quantitative potential for manufacturing a specific chemical based on the technological process actually used or, if the process is not yet operational, planned to be used at the relevant facility. It shall be deemed to be equal to the nameplate capacity or, if the nameplate capacity is not available, to the design capacity. The nameplate capacity is the product output under conditions optimized for maximum quantity for the production facility, as demonstrated by one or more test-runs. The design capacity is the corresponding theoretically calculated product output. 11. "Organization" means: The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons established pursuant to Article VIII of this Convention. 12. For the purposes of Article VI: (a) "Production" of a chemical means its formation through chemical reaction; (b) "Processing" of a chemical means a physical process, such as formulation, extraction and purification, in which a chemical is not converted into another chemical; (c) "Consumption" of a chemical means its conversion into another chemical.....

Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 Chapter XIII

Title: Water Supply and Sewerage

State: Karnataka

Year: 1976

.....for certain specified purpose The supply of water for domestic purposes shall not be deemed to include any supply,- (a) for any trade, manufacture or business; (b) for gardens or for purposes of irrigation; (c) for building purposes; (d) for fountains, swimming baths, public baths or tanks or for any ornamental or mechanical purposes; (e) for animals, where they are kept for sale or hire for the sale of their produce or any preparation therefrom; (f) for the consumption and use by the inmates of hotels, boarding houses and residential clubs; (g) for the consumption and use by the persons resorting to theatres and cinemas; (h) for constructing or for watering streets; or (i) for washing vehicles where they are kept for sale or hire; but shall be deemed to include a supply,- (i) for flushing privies or drains; and (ii) for all baths other than swimming baths or public baths. Section 194 - Water supply for domestic purposes not to be used fro non-domestic purposes No person shall, without the written permission of the Commissioner use or allow to be used for other than domestic purposes water supplied for domestic purposes. Section 195 - Power to.....

Karnataka Irrigation Act, 1965 Chapter IX

Title: Penalties and Procedure

State: Karnataka

Year: 1965

.....Act shall prevent any person from being prosecuted under any other law for the time being in force for any act or omission made punishable by this Act. Section 60 - Offences under this Act to be cognizable All offences under this Act except offences under clauses (vii) and (viii) of section 55, shall be cognizable. Section 60A - Compounding of offences 1[60A. Compounding of offences (1) Subject to such restrictions and conditions and in such manner as may be prescribed, Irrigation Officer may either before or after initiation of any proceeding for an offence punishable under this Act or the rules made thereunder accept a sum of money not exceeding five thousand rupees by way of composition of an offence which such person has committed or is suspected to have committed. (2) On payment of such money, such person if in custody, shall be discharged, property, if any, sized shall be relased and no further proceeding shall be taken against such person or property.] _______________________________ 1 . Inserted by Act 24 of 2000 w.e.f. 14.6.2000. Section 61 - Power to remove obstruction or damage to work Any person in charge of or employed upon any irrigation work,.....

Karnataka Irrigation Act, 1965 Section 55

Title: Offences Under the Act

State: Karnataka

Year: 1965

.....of the water therefrom or uses such water in an unauthorised manner; 1 [(xii) x x x] (xiii) contravenes any provisions of this Act; (xiv) contravenes any rule made under section 71, the contravention whereof is declared in the rules made under that section to be an offence punishable under this section, shall, on conviction, be punished for offences under clauses (vi), (x), (xi) 1 [x x x] with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both and for offences under any other clause with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both: Provided that for a second or subsequent offence under clauses (vii) and (viii) such fine shall not be less than fifty rupees and under the other clauses such fine shall not be less than two hundred and fifty rupees: Provided further that in the case of a continuing offence a daily fine not exceeding fifty rupees during the period of the continuance of the offence shall also be imposed. _______________________________ 1. Omitted by Act 12 of 1969 w.e.f. 19.6.1969.

Command Areas Development Act, 1980 Chapter IX

Title: Offences and Penalties

State: Karnataka

Year: 1980

.....is ordered to be paid as reward by a court whose decision is subject to appeal, the amount ordered to be so paid, shall not be paid until the period prescribed for presentation of the appeal has elapsed, or if an appeal is preferred until after the disposal of the appeal. Section 33 - Composition of offences (1) Any officer authorised by the Authority may accept from any person who has committed or in respect of whom a reasonable belief can be inferred that he has committed an offence punishable under this Act, or the rules made thereunder, a sum of money not exceeding two hundred rupees, by way of composition for such offence. (2) On payment of such sum of money, the said person if in custody, shall be released and no further proceedings shall be taken against him in regard to the offence so compounded.