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The Mahe Land Reforms Act, 1968 Complete Act

State: Pondicherry

Year: 1968

.....Power to make rules. 139. Limitation. 140. Repeal and savings. THE MAHE LAND REFORMS ACT, 1968 (Act No.1 of 1968) 22nd March, 1968 AN ACT To enact a comprehensive legislation relating to land reforms in Mahe region of the Union Territory of Pondicherry. WHEREAS it is expedient to enact a comprehensive legislation relating to land reforms in the Mahe region of the Union territory of Pondicherry; BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry in the Nineteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Short title, extent and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Mahe Land Reforms Act, 1968. (2) It extends to the whole of Mahe region of the Union territory of Pondicherry. The Act came into force from 22nd March, 1968 vide Extraordinary Gazette No.23, dated 22nd March, 1968. (3) The provisions of this Act, except this section which shall come into force at once, shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference to the commencement of this Act in.....

Geneva Conventions Act, 1960 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....(d) procedural matters relating to legal representation, appeals, etc. 3. The existing law on the subject is to be found in the Geneva Convention Act, 1911 (an Act of the United Kingdom) as applied to India by the Gevena Convention Act, 1911 (British India) Order-in-Council dated the 24th October, 1916, and the Geneva Convention Implementing Act, 1936 (14 of 1936). The provisions of these Acts, however, are confined to extending protection to the two emblems, namely, the Red Cross and the Geneva Cross. 4. The Bill seeks to implement the Conventions in so far as it is necessary so to do and, at the same time, consolidates the law on the subject by repealing the United Kingdom Act of 1911andthe Central Act 14 of 1936and incorporating their provisions in the Bill." - Gaz. of Ind., 1959, Extra. Pt. II, S. 2, p. 1098. An Act to enable effect to be given to certain International Conventions done at Geneva on the twelfth day of August, 1949, to which India is a party, and for purposes connected therewith. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Eleventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :- -Geneva Conventions of 12th August, 1949, were ratified by the President on the 16th October,.....

The Kerala Compensation for Tenants Improvements Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1958

THE KERALA COMPENSATION FOR TENANTS IMPROVEMENTS ACT, 1958 THE KERALA COMPENSATION FOR TENANTS IMPROVEMENTS ACT, 1958 ACT 29 Of 1958 [1] An Act To Make Provisions For Payment Of Compensation For Improvements Made by thetenants in the state of kerala . Preamble.-WHEREAS it is necessary to make provisions for the payment of compensation for improvements made by tenants in the State of Kerala ; BE it enacted in the Ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows: 1. Short title, extent and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Compensation for Tenants Improvements Act, 1958. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions.-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires. (a) "eviction" means the recovery of possession of land from a tenant; (b) "improvement" means any work or product of a work which adds to the value of the holding, is suitable to it and consistent with the purpose for which the holding is let, mortgaged or occupied, but does not include such clearances, embankments, leveling , enclosures, temporary wells and water-channels as are made by the tenant in the ordinary course of.....

Geneva Convention Act 1960 Schedule I

Title: First Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....the application thereof. (Translations. Rules of application.) CHAPTER IX REPRESSION OF ABUSES AND INFRACTIONS Article 49 The High contracting parties undertake to enact any legislation necessary to provide effective penal sanctions for persons committing, or ordering to be committed, any of the grave breaches of the present convention defined in the following Article. (Penal sanctions. I. General observations.) Each High contracting party shall be under the obligation to search for persons alleged to have committed, or to have ordered to be committed, such grave breaches, and shall bring such persons, regardless of their nationality, before its own courts. It may also, if it prefers, and in accordance with the provisions of its own legislation, hand such persons over for trial to another High contracting party concerned. Provided such High contracting party has made out a prima facie case. Each High contracting party shall take measures necessary for the suppression of all acts contrary to the provisions of the present convention other than the grave breaches defined in the following Article. In all circumstances, the accused persons shall benefit by.....

Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 Chapter VIII

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 1994

.....(REGULATION AND PREVENTION OF MISUSE) AMENDMENT ACT, 2002 THE PRE-NATAL DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES (REGULATION AND PREVENTION OF MISUSE) AMENDMENT ACT, 2002 [Act, No. 14 of 2003] [17th January, 2003] An Act further to amend the Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- 1. Short title and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Preventin of Misuse) Amendment Act, 2002. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. Substitution of long title In the Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994 (57 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for the long title, the following long title shall be substituted, namely:-- "An Act to provide for the prohibition of sex selection, before or after conception, and for regulation of pre-natal diagnostic techniques for the purposes of detecting genetic abnormalities or metabolic disorders or chromosomal abnormalities or.....

Salt Cess Act, 1953 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1953

In this Act, unless the context otherwise required,.- (a)'manufacture' in relation to salt includes collection, removal, preparation, steeping evaporation, boiling or any one or more of these processes, the separation or purification of sale obtained in the manufacture of saltpetre, the separation of salt from earth or other substance so as to produce alimentary salt, and the excavation or removal of natural saline deposits or efflorescence; and the word 'manufacturer' shall be construed accordingly and shall include not only a person who employs hired labour in the production or manufacture of sale but also any person who engages in its production or manufacture on his own account if the salt is intended for sale. Explanation.- In this clause, 'saltpetre' includes rasi, saijji and all other substances manufactured from saline earth, and Kharinun and every form of sulphate or carbonate of soda; (b) 'salt' includes swamp salt, spontaneous salt, and salt or saline solutions made or produced from any saline substances or form salt earth; (c) 'salt factory' includes.- (i) a place used or intended to be used in the manufacture of salt and all embankments, reservoirs,.....

Karnataka Excise Act, 1965(Karnataka) Chapter VII

Title: Offences and Penalties

State: Karnataka

Year: 1965

.....extend to three months or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both. (2) Where any holder of a licence or permit under this Act or any person in his employ or acting on his behalf is charged with permitting drunkenness on the premises of such holder, and it is proved that any person was drunk on such premises, it shall lie on the person charged to prove that the holder of the licence and the persons employed by him took all reasonable steps for preventing drunkenness on such premises. Section 37 - Penalty for adulteration, etc., by licensed vendor or manufacturer (1) Whoever, being the holder of a licence for the sale or manufacture of any intoxicant under this Act, or a person in the employ of such holder mixes or permits to be mixed with the intoxicant sold or manufactured by him, any noxious drug or any foreign ingredient likely to add to its actual or apparent intoxicating quality or strength, or any article prohibited by any rule made under this Act, when such admixture does not amount to an offence of adulteration under section 272 of the Indian Penal Code, shall, on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term1[which shall not be less.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....To meet the immediate requirements of the country soon after independence the Merchant Shipping Laws. (Extension to Acceding States and Amendment) Act, 1949 was enacted, by which the British Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1938 were extended to the Acceding States (later known as Part B States) and Indian Consular Officers were empowered to perform functions in relation to Indian ships outside India and provision was made to enable Government to prescribe the proper national colours for ships registered in India, The Control of Shipping Act, 1947, was another short-term measure which continued the war-time control over Indian shipping and controlled the coastal trade by a system of licensing. This Act, which has been renewed from time to time, is due to expire on the 31st March, 1958. 3. The present Bill revises and consolidates all laws in force in India relating to merchant shipping, whether passed by the British Parliament or the Indian Legislature, and makes provision for the matters discussed in the succeedihg paragraphs, which also indicate the principal changes made in the law ........... -Gaz. of Ind., 1958, Extra., Pt. II, S. 2, p. 203.Act 21 of 1966.- The minimum.....

Mines Act, 1952 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1952

.....(i) At present workshops run by a mine for the maintenance of its machinery and plant in safe and efficient working order are subject to the Factories Act, 1948. which is administered by Provincial Governments. Workers in workshops such as Fitters, blacksmiths, welders, electricians and others requently work for a. part of the shift underground and while so employed Come within the scope of the Mines Act. It is inconvenient that the same personnel should be subject to two different Acts administered by two different authorities. It is now proposed to bring all personnel engaged solely on work relating to mines within the scope of the Mines Act. For similar reasons it is proposed to bring within the scope of the Mines Act ower stations which generate power used wholly In connection with the mine concerned. (ii) Provision has been made in the Bill for the issue of adolescents and the appointment of certifying surgeons. (iii) The provisions in the existing Act regarding conservancy and sanitary conveniences are of a general nature. , The Bill provides for more definite arrangements for drinking water, latrines, urinals, etc. (iv) It has been made obligatory on the part of the.....

Salt Cess Act, 1953 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1953

.....notification of the former Finance Department (Revenue Division) No. 3, dated the 29th March, 1947, shall be deemed to have been levied under this Act as if this Act was in force on the day on which the charge was so imposed and accordingly,- (a) any sum paid or payable by way of such charge shall be deemed to have been paid or payable in accordance with law; and (b) no claim shall lie in any court for the refund of any sum so paid. , SECTION 06: POWER TO MAKE RULES (1) The Central Government may. by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules6for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for- (a) the assessment and collection of the cess levied under this Act: (b) the determination of the cost of collection of the cess; (c) the manner in which accounts relating to the proceeds of the cess shall be maintained; (d) the manner in which the proceeds of the cess may be applied on the object specified in section 4-: (e) the exemption from the whole or any part of the cess levied under this Act- (i) in respect of salt exported from India (ii) in respect of salt.....