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The Orissa Disciplinary Proceedings (Summoning of Witnesses & Production of Documents) Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1954

..... 4. Powers of Inquiring Officer and penalty for disobedience to process- (1) Any Inquiring Officer shall have the same powers in the matter of summoning of witnesses and compelling the production of documents as are conferred upon the Commissioner under Section 8 of the Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 (Act XXXVII of 1850): Provided that all process to cause the attendance of witnesses or production of documents or other compulsory process shall be served through and executed by the District Magistrate or the Sub-divisional Magistrate, as the case may be, in whose jurisdiction the witness or other person resides and on whom such process is to be served. ( 2 ) The provisions of Section 9 of the said Act providing for penalty for disobedience to process shall apply to any process issued by an Inquiring Officer as they apply to such process issued by the Commissioners aforesaid. 5. Rules- The State Government may make rules for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this Act. Orissa State Acts

Transfer of Evacuee Deposits Act, 1954 [Repealed] Section 12

Title: Protection of Action Taken in Good Faith

State: Central

Year: 1954

No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government or any Custodian or any other person in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or of any rule or order made thereunder.

Prevention of Food Adulteration Act,1954 Section 22

Title: Protection of Action Taken in Good Faith

State: Central

Year: 1954

No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.

Madhya Bharat Taxes on Income (Validation) Act, 1954 [Repealed] Section 3

Title: Validation of Action Taken in Connection with the Levy, Assessment and Collection of Certain Taxes on Income

State: Central

Year: 1954

Notwithstanding anything contained in the first proviso to sub-section (1) of Section 13 of the finance Act, all proceedings taken, assessments made and other acts and things done (including orders made) by or before any officer, authority tribunal or court acting or purporting to act under the relevant Madhya Bharat law in connection with the levy, assessments and collection of any tax due under any such law in respect to have been valid, and shall be valid and shall be deemed always to have been valid, and shall not be called in question on the ground only that such proceedings were not taken, assessments were not made or acts or things were not done by or before the corresponding officer, authority, tribunal or court referred to in the said proviso.

Displaced Persons Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1954 [Repealed] Section 38

Title: Protection of Action Taken in Good Faith

State: Central

Year: 1954

No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government or any person appointed under this Act in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or of any rulers or orders made thereunder.

Displaced Persons Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1954 [Repealed] Section 39

Title: Validation of Certain Action Taken Before the Commencement of the Act

State: Central

Year: 1954

Anything done or any action taken (including any order made) by the Chief Settlement Commissioner, Settlement Commissioners, Additional Settlement Commissioners or Settlement Officers for the purposes of payment of compensation or rehabilitation grants or other grants to displaced persons shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been done or taken in the exercise of the powers conferred by or under this Act as if this Act were in force on the date on which such thing was done or action was taken.

State Acquisition of Lands for Union Purposes (Validation) Act, 1954 Section 2

Title: Validation of Certain Acquisitions of Land and Proceedings and Orders Connected Therewith

State: Central

Year: 1954

Every acquisition of land for the purposes of the Union made by any State Government acting or purporting to act under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, at any time during the period beginning with the commencement of the Constitution and ending with the day on which the State Government was entrusted with the functions of the Central Government in relation to the acquisition of land for the purposes of the Union in pursuance of clause (1) of article 258 of the Constitution, and every proceeding held and order made during the said period in connection with the acquisition of land for any such purposes, shall be deemed to be, and always to have been, as valid as if the State Government had been duly entrusted with the said functions of the Central Government during the said period, and accordingly no acquisition so made, and no proceeding held and no order passed by any authority under the said Act in connection with any acquisition of land during the said period, shall be called in question merely on the ground that the State Government was not duly entrusted with the functions of the Central Government at the time the acquisition was made or the proceeding was held or the order.....

Madhya Bharat Taxes on Income (Validation) Act, 1954 [Repealed] Section 4

Title: Continuance of Pending Proceedings

State: Central

Year: 1954

If, immediately before the commencement of this Act, any proceedings of the nature referred to in section 3 are pending before any officer, authority tribunal or court acting or purporting to act under the relevant Madhya Bharat law, such proceedings may, notwithstanding anything contained in the first proviso to sub-section (1) of section 13 of the finance Act, be continued and completed in accordance with the provisions of the relevant Madhya Bharat law, and the provisions of the said proviso shall not apply, and shall be deemed never to have applied, in relation to any such proceedings.

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Section 33

Title: Proceedings to Be in Camera and May Not Be Printed or Published 16

State: Central

Year: 1954

1 [33. Proceedings to be in camera and may not be printed or published (1) Every proceeding under this Act shall be conducted in camera and it shall not be lawful for any person to print or publish any matter in relation to any such proceeding except a judgment of the High Court or of the Supreme Court printed or published with the previous permission of the Court. (2) If any person prints or publishes any matter in contravention of the provisions contained in sub-section (1), he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.] ________________________ 1.Substituted by Act 68 of 1976,Section 33, for section 33(w.e.f. 27-5-1976).

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Section 27A

Title: Alternative Relief in Divorce Proceedings

State: Central

Year: 1954

1[27A. Alternative relief in divorce proceedings In any proceeding under this Act, on a petition for dissolution of marriage by a decree of divorce, except insofar as the petition is founded on the ground mentioned in clause (h) of subsection (1) of section 27, the court may, if it considers it just so to do having regard to the circumstances of the case, pass instead a decree for judicial separation.] ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 68 of 1976, Section 28 (w.e.f. 27-5-1976).