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Dramatic Performances Act, 1876 Complete Act

Title: Dramatic Performances Act, 1876

State: Central

Year: 1876

Preamble1 - DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES ACT, 1876 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Magistrate defined Section3 - Power to prohibit certain dramatic performances Section4 - Power to serve order of prohibition. Penalty for disobeying order Section5 - Power to notify order Section6 - Penalty for disobeying prohibition Section7 - Power to call for information Section8 - Power to grant warrant to Police to enter and arrest and seize Section9 - Saving of prosecutions under Penal Code, sections 124A and 294 Section10 - Power to prohibit dramatic performance in any local area, except under license Section11 - Powers exercisable by Governor-General [Repealed] Section12 - Exclusion of performances at religious festivals Amending ActI - DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES (DELHI REPEAL) ACT, 1963

Dramatic Performances (Delhi Repeal) Act, 1963 Complete Act

Title: Dramatic Performances (Delhi Repeal) Act, 1963

State: Central

Year: 1963

Preamble1 - DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES (DELHI REPEAL) ACT, 1963 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Repeal of Dramatic Performances Act, 1876 Section3 - Saving

Karnataka Dramatic Performances Act, 1964 Complete Act

Title: Karnataka Dramatic Performances Act, 1964

State: Karnataka

Year: 1964

Preamble 1 - THE KARNATAKA DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES ACT, 1964 Section 1 - Short title and extent Section 2 - Definitions Section 3 - Power to prohibit objectionable performance Section 4 - Power to prohibit objectionable performances temporarily Section 5 - Service of order of prohibition Section 6 - Penalty for disobeying order or contravening undertaking Section 7 - Penalty for disobeying prohibition Section 8 - Power to call for information Section 9 - Power to call for copy of purport of drama, etc Section 10 - Appeal to High Court Section 11 - Offences by companies Section 12 - Saving of prosecutions under other laws Section 13 - Protection for acts done in good faith Section 14 - Power to make rules Section 15 - Repeal

Dramatic Performances Act, 1964 Complete Act

Title: Dramatic Performances Act, 1964

State: Karnataka

Year: 1964

Preamble 1 - KARNATAKA DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES ACT, 1964 Section 1 - Short title and extent Section 2 - Definitions Section 3 - Power to prohibit objectionable performance Section 4 - Power to prohibit objectionable performances temporarily Section 5 - Service of order of prohibition Section 6 - Penalty for disobeying order or contravening undertaking Section 7 - Penalty for disobeying prohibition Section 8 - Power to call for information Section 9 - Power to call for copy of purport of drama, etc. Section 10 - Appeal to High Court Section 11 - Offences by companies Section 12 - Saving of prosecutions under other laws Section 13 - Protection for acts done in good faith Section 14 - Power to make rules Section 15 - Repeal

Specific Relief Act, 1963 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....includes every person holding property in trust; (e) all other words and expressions used herein but not defined, and defined in the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872)-, have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act. SECTION 03: SAVINGS Except as otherwise provided herein, nothing in this Act shall be deemed- (a) to deprive any person of any right to relief, other than specific performance, which he may have under any contract; or (b) to affect the operation of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 ( 16 of 1908)-, on documents.1967 SECTION 04: SPECIFIC RELIEF TO BE GRANTED ONLY FOR ENFORCING INDIVIDUAL CIVIL RIGHTS AND NOT FOR ENFORCING PENAL LAWS Specific relief can be granted only for the purpose of enforcing individual civil rights and not for the mere purpose of enforcing a penal law. PART 02: SPECIFIC RELIEF CHAPTER 1 RECOVERING POSSESSION OF PROPERTY SECTION 05: RECOVERY OF SPECIFIC IMMOVABLE PROPERTY A person entitled to the possession of specific immovable property may recover it in the manner provided by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908)- SECTION 06: SUIT BY PERSONS DISPOSSESSED OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY (1) If any person is dispossessed.....

Specific Relief Act 1963 Part II

Title: Specific Relief

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....the performance of which involves the performance of a continuous duty which the court cannot supervise. (2) Save as provided by the Arbitration Act, 1940, no contract to refer present of future differences to arbitration shall be specifically enforced; but if any person who has made such a contract (other than arbitration agreement to which the provisions of the said Act apply) and has refused to perform it, sues in respect of any subject which he has contracted to refer, the existence of such contract shall bar the suit. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (a) or clause (c) or clause (d) of sub-section (1), the court may enforce specific performance in the following cases:-- (a) where the suit is for the enforcement of a contract,-- (i) to execute a mortgage or furnish any other security for securing the repayment of any loan which the borrower is not willing to repay at once: Provided that where only a part of the loan has been advanced the vender is willing to advance the remaining part of the loan in terms of the contract; or (ii) to take up and pay for any debentures of a company; (b) where the suit is for,-- (i) the execution of a formal deed.....

Specific Relief Act 1963 Chapter II

Title: Specific Performance of Contracts

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....the performance of which involves the performance of a continuous duty which the court cannot supervise. (2) Save as provided by the Arbitration Act, 1940, no contract to refer present of future differences to arbitration shall be specifically enforced; but if any person who has made such a contract (other than arbitration agreement to which the provisions of the said Act apply) and has refused to perform it, sues in respect of any subject which he has contracted to refer, the existence of such contract shall bar the suit. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (a) or clause (c) or clause (d) of sub-section (1), the court may enforce specific performance in the following cases:-- (a) where the suit is for the enforcement of a contract,-- (i) to execute a mortgage or furnish any other security for securing the repayment of any loan which the borrower is not willing to repay at once: Provided that where only a part of the loan has been advanced the vender is willing to advance the remaining part of the loan in terms of the contract; or (ii) to take up and pay for any debentures of a company; (b) where the suit is for,-- (i) the execution of a formal deed.....

COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 Section 38

Title: Performer's right

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....broadcastwhich did not infringe the performer's right; or (d) communicates the performanceto the public otherwise than hy broadcast, except where such communication tothe public is made from a sound recording or a visual recording or a broadcast,shall, subject to the provisions of section 39, be deemed to have infringed theperformer's right. (4) Once a performer hasconsented to the incorporation of his performance in a cinematograph film, theprovisions of sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) shall have no further applicationto such performance.] _______________________ 1.Substitutedby Act 38 of 1994, sec. 14, for section 38 w.e.f. 10-5-1995. 2.Substituted by Act 49 of 1999, sec. 4, for"twenty-five years" w.e.f. 15-1-2000.

Specific Relief Act 1963 Section 20

Title: Discretion as to Decreeing Specific Performance

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....under circumstances which though not rendering the contract voidable, makes it inequitable to enforce specific performance. Explanation 1.--Mere inadequacy of consideration, or the mere fact that the contract is onerous to the defendant or improvident in its nature, shall not be deemed to constitute an unfair advantage within the meaning of clause (a) or hardship within the meaning of clause (b). Explanation 2.--The question whether the performance of a contract would involve hardship on the defendant within the meaning of clause (b) shall, except in cases where the hardship has resulted from any act of the plaintiff subsequent to the contract, be determined with reference to the circumstances existing at the time of the contract. (3) The court may properly exercise discretion to decree specific performance in any case where the plaintiff has done substantial acts or suffered losses in consequence of a contract capable of specific performance. (4) The court shall not refuse to any party specific performance of a contract merely on the ground that the contract is not enforceable at the instance of the other party.

Copyright Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1957

COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 [Act No. 14 of Year 1957, dated 4th. June, 1957] An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to copyright Be it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: - CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Copyright Act, 1957. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. SECTION 02: INTERPRETATION In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "adaptation" means,- (i) in relation to a dramatic work, the conversion of the work into a non-dramatic work; (ii) in relation to a literary work or an artistic work, the conversion of the work into a dramatic work by way of performance in public or otherwise; (iii) in relation to a literary or dramatic work, any abridgement of the work or any version of the work in which the story or action is conveyed wholly or mainly by means of pictures in a form suitable for reproduction in a book, or in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical; 2[* * *] (iv) in.....