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Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859 Complete Act

Title: Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859

State: Central

Year: 1859

.....to attend at certain time and place, Examination of witnesses about to leave Calcutta Section14 - Penalty for witnesses not attending or refusing to give evidence Section15 - Arrest Section16 - Verdict of jurors Section17 - Sentence if accused found guilty Section18 - No sentence final till approved by Government Section19 - If verdict of jurors be manifestly contrary to evidence, or trial otherwise insufficient Section20 - Power to make rotes Section21 - Commissioners of Part of Calcutta may pass orders upon charge of breach of duty where trial unnecessary Section22 - Withdrawal of license from licensed pilot Section23 - Act applicable to persons in pilot service and to licensed pilots

Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859 Section 23

Title: Act Applicable to Persons in Pilot Service and to Licensed Pilots

State: Central

Year: 1859

The provisions of this Act shall extend to all persons employed in the Hoogly Pilot Service and borne on the rolls of the Commissioners for the Port of Calcutta, whether such persons receive fixed salaries, or are remunerated by apportion of the pilot age charged on the vessels piloted by them, or in any other manner, and to all persons licensed to act as pilots at the said Presidency.

Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859 Preamble 1

Title: Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859

State: Central

Year: 1859

CALCUTTA PILOTS ACT, 1859 [Act, No. 12 of 1859] [4th May, 1859] PREAMBLE An Act to make better provision for the trial of plots at the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal for breach of duty. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for the trial of persons employed in the Hoogly Pilot Service of the Commissioners for the Port of Calcutta], when accused of breach of duty, and to extend the same to persons licensed to act a pilot at the laid Presidency. IT is enacted as follows:

Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859 Section 2

Title: Trial of Pilots Accused of Breach of Duty

State: Central

Year: 1859

When any person employed in the Hoogly Pilot Service of the Commissioners for the Port of Calcutta, or licensed to act, as a pilot at the said Presidency, shall be accused of having committed any breach of duty while engaged in such service or acting under such license, and it shall appear to the Port Officer or to the Central Government that such person ought to be brought to trial for such breach of duty, such person shall be brought to trial upon a charge or charges framed by the said Port Officer, or such other person as the Central Government shall direct, before a Court constituted under the provisions of this Act.

Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859 Section 22

Title: Withdrawal of License from Licensed Pilot

State: Central

Year: 1859

If any person licensed to act as a pilot when duly charged with breach of duty as aforesaid, shall refuse to submit himself to trial under the provisions of this Act, the license if such person shall be withdrawn, and he shall be incapable of being again licensed to act as a pilot at the said Presidency.

The Himgiri Nabh Vishwavidyalaya (University in the Sky) Act, 2003 Complete Act

State: Uttarakhand

Year: 2003

THE HIMGIRI NABH VISHWAVIDYALAYA (UNIVERSITY IN THE SKY) ACT, 2003 THE HIMGIRI NABH VISHWAVIDYALAYA (UNIVERSITY IN THE SKY) ACT, 2003 [Act No. 17 of 2003] PREAMBLE An Act replacing Ordinance No. 4 of 2003 to establish and incorporate an University sponsored by TALEEM Research Foundation, Ahmedabad, Gujarat in the State and provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows: Section 1 - Short title and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Himgiri Nabh Vishwavidyalaya (University in the Sky) Act, 2003. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the date the notification is issued by the State Government. Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-- (a) "Academic Council" means the Academic Council of the University; (b) "Constituent College" means a college or institution maintained by the University; (c) "Council for Technical Education" means the All India Council for Technical Education established under Section 3 of the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987; (d) "Distance Education System" means the system of.....

Merchant Shipping (Pilot Ladder)rules, 1967 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1967

..... Rule 3 Maintenance and use of pilot ladder and other appliances (1) The pilot ladder and the appliances required to be carried on board under sub-rule (2) of rule 2 (hereinafter in this rule referred to as other appliances) shall be kept in good condition and shall be reserved for the use of officials and other persons, while a ship is arriving at, or leaving, a port and for the embarkation and disembarkation of pilots. (2) Pilot ladder and other appliances shall be used whenever a pilot, harbourmaster or assistant harbour-master embarks or disembarks from a ship. (3) It shall be the duty of the master or other person in charge of a ship to ensure that no ladder other than a pilot ladder is used by a pilot for embarkation or disembarkation. (4) The rigging of the pilot ladder and other appliances and the embarkation and disembarkation of a pilot shall be supervised by the mate or other responsible officer on board the ship. Rule 4 Penalty Whoever commits a breach of any of the provisions of these rules shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees and, if the breach is a continuing one, with further fine which may extend to fifty rupees for every.....

Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1859

.....by the said c[Port Officer], or such other person as the c[Central Government] shall direct, before a Court constituted under the provisions of this Act. SECTION 03: APPOINTMENT OF JUDGE - The6[Central Government] shall appoint a fit penon to be Judge of the laid Court SECTION 04: APPOINTMENT OF PROSECUTOR - The8[Central Government] shall appoint such penon as8[it] may think proper to conduct the proceedings before the Court at prosecutor on the part of Government. SECTION 05: TRIAL TO BE HELD BEFORE JUDGE ARID JURY. - Every trial under this Act shall be held before the said Judge and a jury composed of two merchants of Calcutta, a master of a merchantship lying in the Port of Calcutta, and a pilot of not less than twenty years' service. SECTION 06: LISTS OF MERCHANTS AND PILOTS LIABLE TO SERVE ON JURY - The Judge shall cause to be prepared and shall keep two separate lists, one containing the names of merchants, the other containing the names of pilots, liable to serve on such jury. The names in each list shall be arranged in alphabetical order, and the place of abode and quality or business of each pennon named shall be stated. SECTION 07: NOTICE TO.....

Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859 Section 17

Title: Sentence if Accused Found Guilty

State: Central

Year: 1859

If by such verdict the accused person is found guilty of the charge or of anyone or more of the charges preferred against him, the Judge of the Court shall sentence him to be dismissed from the said pilot service, or to have his license withdrawn, or shall award such other punishment, by loss of rank, or by change of a license from a higher to a lower grade, or suspension from employment for a specific period, as to the Judge shall appear fit. Preparation of schedule of offences and punishments. The Central Government, may prepare a schedule of offences and punishments (such punishments being of the same nature as those hereinbefore mentioned) for the guidance of the said Court; and if such schedule be prepared and the charge proved before the said Court is an offence specified in such schedule, the Judge of the said Court shall award such punishment as is prescribed for such offence in the said schedule, and no other. Acquittal. If by such verdict as aforesaid the accused person is found not guilty of the charge or charges preferred against him, the Judge shall declare him acquitted of the same.

Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859 Section 21

Title: Commissioners of Part of Calcutta May Pass Orders Upon Charge of Breach of Duty Where Trial Unnecessary

State: Central

Year: 1859

Nothing contained in this Act shall be held to restrict1[the Commissioners for the Port of Calcutta] from passing such orders as may be deemed proper upon any charge of breach of duty preferred against any person employed in the said pilot service, when it shall not be deemed necessary that such person should be brought to trial for such breach of duty under the provisions of this Act; PROVIDED that no order for suspension, reduction or deprivation of appointment shall be made without the previous sanction of the Central Government. ________________________ 1. Substituted for the words "the marine authorities of the Government" by the Calcutta Port (Pilotage) Act, 1948 (Act 33 of 1948) w.e.f. 16.03.1948.