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Constitution of India Article 326

Title: Elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assemblies of States to Be on the Basis of Adult Suffrage

State: Central

Year: 1950

The elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assembly of every State shall be on the basis of adult suffrage; that is to say, every person who is a citizen of India and who is not less than1[eighteen years] of age on such date as may be fixed in that behalf by or under any law made by the appropriate Legislature and is not otherwise disqualified under this Constitution or any law made by the appropriate Legislature on the ground of non-residence, unsoundness of mind, crime or corrupt or illegal practice, shall be entitled to be registered as a voter at any such election. ________________________ 1. Substituted by the Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1988, section 2, for "twenty-one years" (w.e.f. 28-3-1989).

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Constitution of India Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1949

.....of this Constitution if- (a) he or either of his parents or any of his grand- parents was born in India as defined in (Government of India Act, 1935) (as originally enacted); and (b) (i) in the case where such person has so migrated before the nineteenth day of July, 1948. he has been ordinarily resident in the territory of India since the date of his migration, or (ii) in the case where such person has so migrated on or after the nineteenth day of July, 1948, he has been registered as a citizen of India by an officer appointed in that behalf by the Government of the Dominion of India on an application made by him therefor to such officer before the commencement of this Constitution in the form and manner prescribed by that Government : Provided that no person shall be so registered unless he has been resident in the territory of India for at least six months immediately preceding the date of his application. ARTICLE 7: Rights of citizenship of certain migrants to Pakistan: Notwithstanding anything in (Art.5) and (Art.6), a person who has after the first day of March, 1947, migrated from the territory of India to the territory now included in Pakistan shall not be.....

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Constitution of India Chapter 2

Title: Public Service Commission

State: Central

Year: 1950

.....omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956 section 29 and Schedule. 2. Inserted by the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act. 1963, section 11. 3. Substituted by the Constitution (Forty-first Amendment) Act, 1976, section 2 for "sixty years." Article 317 - Removal and suspension of member of a Public Service Commission (1) Subject to the provisions of clause (3), the Chairman or any other member of a Public Service Commission shall only be removed from his office by order of the President on the ground of misbehaviour after the Supreme Court, on reference being made to it by the President, has, on inquiry held in accordance with the procedure prescribed in that behalf under article 145, reported that the Chairman or such other member, as the case may be, ought on any such ground to be removed. (2) The President, in the case of the Union Commission or a Joint Commission, and the Governor 1 [***] in the case of a State Commission, may suspend from office the Chairman or any other member of the Commission in respect of whom a reference has been made to the Supreme Court under clause (1) until the President has passed orders on receipt of the.....

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Constitution of India Part 15

Title: Elections

State: Central

Year: 1950

.....in question except by an election petition presented to such authority and in such manner as may be provided for by or under any law made by the appropriate Legislature. ________________________ 1. Substituted by the Constitution (Thirty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1975, section 3, for certain words. 2. The words, figures and letter "but subject to the provisions of article 329A" omitted by the Constitution (Forty-Fourth Amendment) Act, 1978 section 35 (w.e.f. 20.6.1979). Article 329A - Special provision as to elections to Parliament in the case of Prime Minister and Speaker [Repealed] 1[329A. Special provision as to elections to Parliament in the case of Prime Minister and Speaker [Rep. by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, section 36 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979)]] ________________________ 1. Inserted by the Constitution (Thirty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1975, section 4.

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Constitution of India Schedule 6

Title: Sixth Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1950

.....or having jurisdiction over such region by public notificationso directs, and the District Council in giving such direction with respect toany Act direct that the Act shall, in its application to that district or suchregion or any part thereof, have effect subject to such exceptions ormodifications as it thinks fit; (b)the Governor may, by public notification, direct that any Act of the Legislatureof the State of Tripura to which the provisions of clause (a) of thissub-paragraph do not apply, shall not apply to the autonomous district or anautonomous region in that State, or shall apply to that district or such region,or any part thereof, subject to such exceptions or modifications, as he mayspecify in the notification; (c)the President may, with respect to any Act of Parliament, by notification,direct that it shall not apply to the autonomous district or an autonomousregion in the State of Tripura, or shall apply to such district or region or anypart thereof, subject to such exceptions or modifications as he may specify inthe notification and any such direction may be given so as to have retrospectiveeffect. 35 [12B.Application of Acts of Parliament and of the.....

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Constitution of India Complete Act

Title: Constitution of India

State: Central

Year: 1950

..... Constitution Order262 - THE CONSTITUTION (DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES) No. 11 ORDER, 2010 Amending Act1 - THE CONSTITUTION (EIGHTY-FIFTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2001 Amending Act2 - THE CONSTITUTION (EIGHTY-SIXTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002 Amending Act3 - THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES) ORDERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002 Amending Act4 - THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES) ORDER (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002 Amending Act5 - THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES) ORDERS (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002 Amending Act6 - THE CONSTITUTION (NINETY-SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 Amending Act7 - THE CONSTITUTION (NINETY-FIRST AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 Amending Act8 - THE CONSTITUTION (NINETIETH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 Amending Act9 - THE CONSTITUTION (EIGHTY-NINTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 Amending Act10 - THE CONSTITUTION (EIGHTY-SEVENTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 Amending Act11 - THE CONSTITUTION (EIGHTY-EIGHTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 Amending Act12 - THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED TRIBES) ORDER (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 Amending Act13 - THE SIXTH SCHEDULE TO THE CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 Amending Act14 - THE CONSTITUTION (NINETY-THIRD AMENDMENT) ACT, 2005 Amending Act15 - THE CONSTITUTION (NINETY-FOURTH.....

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Lai Autonomous District (Village Councils) Act, 2007 Complete Act

State: Mizoram

Year: 2007

.....Khaw Upa. 25. Power to make Rules. Subject to the approval of the Governor, the Executive Committee may make Rules for the carrying out of any of the provisions of this Act. 26. Removal of Doubt and Difficulty. If any doubt or difficulty arises in giving effect to the provision of this Act, the Executive Committee may, as occasion may require by order do anything not inconsistent with the provision of this Act or rules made there-under which appears to it necessary for the purpose of removing such doubt and difficulty. 27. Repeal and Saving. (1) The Pawi Autonomous District Council (Village Councils) Act. 1974, and the Lai Autonomous District (Village Councils) (Amendment) Act, 1993 are hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, any action taken or proceeding made under any provisions of the Acts repealed therein shall be deemed to be the action taken or proceedings made by this Act.

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Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1957

.....performance, amusement, game or sport to which persons are ordinarily admitted on payment; (17) "factory" means a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948); (18) "filth" includes offensive matter and sewage; (19) 99. Omitted and Inserted by Act No.67 of 1993(w.e.f. 1-10-1993). [* * *] (20) 88. Cl (20), Omitted by Act No. 71 of 1971 and Sch. II (w.e.f. 3-11-1971). [* * *] (21) "goods" includes animals; 1010. C1. 21-A, inserted by Act, 67 of 1993. (w.e.f. 1-10-93). (21-A) "Government" means the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi;] (22) "house-gully" or "service passage" means a passage or strip of land constructed, set apart or utilized for the purpose of serving as or carrying a drain or affording access to a latrine, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filth or other polluted matter, by municipal employees or other persons employed in the cleansing thereof or in the removal of such matter therefrom; (23) "hut" means any building which is constructed principally of wood, bamboo, mud, leaves, grass, cloth or thatch and includes any structure of whatever material made which the Corporation may declare to be a hut for.....

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Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils Act, 1971 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1971

.....Manipur. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India us follows: - SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE AND EXTENT (1) This Act may be called the Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils Act, 1971. (2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Manipur. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Administrator" means the administrator of the Union territory of Manipur2appointed under article 239 of the Constitution; (b) "autonomous district" means an autonomous district referred to in sub-section (1) of section 3-; (c) "building" includes a house, out-house, stable, latrine, urinal, shed, hut, wall (other than boundary wall) and any other structure (whether of masonry, bricks, wood, mud or other material) but does not include any portable or temporary shelter; (d) "constituency" means a District Council constituency provided by order made under section 5-for the purpose of elections to the District Council: (e) "Deputy Commissioner", in relation lo any District Council, means the officer appointed as such by the Administrator, by notification in the Official Gazette, to perform the functions of the Deputy.....

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Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act, 1969 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1969

.....of the matters enumerated in the Concurrent List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, which the Legislature of Meghalaya is competent to enact under this Act contains any provision repugnant to the provision of an earlier law made by Parliament or an existing law with respect to that matter, then, the law so made by the Legislature of Meghalaya shall, if it has been reserved for the consideration of the President and has received his assent, prevail in Meghalaya: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall prevent Parliament from enacting at any time, any law with respect to the same matter, including a law adding to, amending, varying or repealing the law so made by the Legislature of Meghalaya. SECTION 36: INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN LAWS MADE BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ASSAM AND LAWS MADE BY THE LEGISLATURE OF MEGHALAYA Where a law made by the Legislature of Meghalaya with respect to one of the matters enumerated in Part C of the Second Schedule contains any provisions repugnant to the provision of an earlier law made by the Legislature of the State of Assam which that Legislature is competent to enact, or to any provision of any existing law with respect.....

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