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Wakf Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....cases. 3. The present Bill seeks to achieve these objects.-Gaz. of Ind., 3-8- 19S9, Pt. II, S. 2, Ext., P. 579. Amending Act 34 of 1964.- The Wakf Act, 1954 was enacted to provide for the better administration and supervision of wakfs. The Act was amended in 1959 for the limited purpose of removing certain difficulties arising out of reorganisation of States. Experience of the working of the Act over the last ten years has revealed certain difficulties. It is, therefore, proposed to amend the Act to remove these difficulties and to ensure better administration of wakfs by mutawallis, 2. The main features of the Bill are: (i) The definition of beneficiary in regard to objects of public utility is being broadened to cover all objects obtained by Muslim law. Endowments made by nun-Muslims for support of certain Muslim religious and pious institutions will also come under the purview of the Act. (ii) A Central Wakf Council is proposed to be established. (iii) A provision is being made to enable the establishment of separate Sunni and Shia Boards in any State in which the Shia Wakfs constitute in number more than fifteen per cent. of the total number of wakfs In that State or the.....

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West Bengal Development Corporation Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1954

.....Corporation established under section 3; (b) "Board" means an Executive Board constituted under section 13; (c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act. Section 3 Incorporation (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a Development Corporation for West Bengal. (2) The Corporation shall be a body corporate by the name notified under sub-section (1) and having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by the said name sue and be sued. Section 4 Constitution of the Corporation (1) The Corporation shall consist of a Chairman and such number of other members, not exceeding ten, as the State Government may think fit to appoint. (2) The State Government may, if it so thinks fit, appoint one of the other members as the Vice-Chairman of the Corporation. (3) Rules made under this Act shall provide for the representation of the State Government in the Corporation and in the event of the capital of the Corporation being raised by the issue of shares to other parties, provision shall also be made for the representation of such share-holders in the Corporation and the manner in which the representatives shall be.....

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Delhi Panchayat Raj Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1954

.....utility and declared as such under Section 1 of the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954, by the Chief Commissioner, or acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, or any other enactment relating to acquisition of land for a public purpose. Explanation - In this sub-section the expression "rural areas" has the meaning assigned to it in the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957]. 11. Came into force on 12-5-1956 vide Notification No. F. 17(10)/(56)-GAIR Dated 5-5-1956. [3] It shall come into force on such date as the Chief Commissioner may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint. Section2 Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (1) "Adult" means a person who has completed his twenty-first year; (2) "Bhumidhar" and "Asami" shall hear the same meaning respectively assigned to them in the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954; (3) "building" means any shop, house, hut, out-house, estate or stable whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise or whether of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, thatch, metal or any other material whatever and includes a wall and a well: (4) "bye-laws" means bye-laws made by the Gaon Panchayat under this.....

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Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1954

.....purpose or a work of public utility and declared as such by the Chief Commissioner or acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, or any other enactment other than this Act, relating to acquisition of land for a public purpose. (3) It shall come into force at once. (4) The declaration of the Chief Commissioner under clause (c) of sub-section (2) shall be conclusive evidence that the land is held and occupied for a public purpose or a work of public utility. Section2 Repeal (1) The following Acts, in so far as they apply to areas to which this Act extends, are hereby repealed (i) the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, as modified by Punjab Act No. 9 of 1939; (ii) the Agra Tenancy Act, 1901; (iii) the Punjab Tenants (Security of Tenure) Act, 1950. (iv) the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, in so far as its provisions are inconsistent with this Act. (v) the U.P. Land Revenue Act, 1901, in so far as its provisions are inconsistent with this Act, and (vi) so much of any other law or of any rule having the force of law for the time being in force as is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. Section3 Definition In this Act, unless the context otherwise.....

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The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1954

THE PREVENTION OF FOOD ADULTERATION ACT, 1954 THE PREVENTION OF FOOD ADULTERATION ACT, 1954 (37 of 1954) [Act as on Date - Modified up to 1995] [29th September 1954] An Act to make provision for the prevention of adulteration of food. (1) This Act may be called The prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. (2) It extends to the whole of India a*[..................]. (3) It shall come into force on such date b*[ ]as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. [a] Words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by the Prevention of Food Adulteration (Amendment) Act, 1971 (41 of 1971), section 2 (26-1-1972). [b] 1st June 1955" S.R.O.1085, dated 9th May, 1955, published in Gaz.of Ind., 21-5-1955, Pt.II, S.3, p.874. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- a* [ (i) "adulterant" means any material which is or could be employed for the purposes of adulteration; ] a*[(ia)] "adulterated" " an article of food shall be deemed to be adulterated- (a) if the article sold by a vendor is a not of the nature, substance or quality demanded by the purchaser and is to his prejudice, or is not of the.....

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Delhi Shops and Establishments Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1954

.....banking, insurance, stocks and shares, brokerage or produce exchange is carried on, but does not include a shop or a factory registered under the Factories Act, 1948 63 of 1948) or theatres, cinemas, restaurants, eating houses, residential hotels, clubs or other places of public amusement or entertainment. (6) "day" means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight: Provided that in the case of an employee whose hours of work extend beyond midnight, day means the period of twenty-four hours beginning when such employment commences irrespective of midnight; 22. Subs, by Act No. 33 of 1970. (7) "employee" means a person wholly or principally employed whether directly or otherwise and whether for wages (payable on permanent periodical contract, piece-rate or commission basis) or other consideration, about the business of an establishment and includes an apprentice and any person employed in a factory but not governed by the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948) and, for the purpose of any matter regulated by this Act, also includes a person discharged or dismissed whose claims have not been settled in accordance with this Act." (8) "employer" means the owner of any.....

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Delhi Land Revenue Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1954

.....of this Act, be deemed to have been respectively made, issued, conferred granted, framed, acquired, incurred fixed, appointed and done under this Act. (3) Any enactment or document referring to any enactment hereby repealed shall be construed to refer to this Act or to the corresponding portion there of. Section3 Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) "Chief Commissioner" means the Chief Commissioner of the '[Union territory of Delhi]; (2) "Deputy Commissioner" means the Collector; (3) "minor" means a person who, under Section 3 of the Indian Majority Act, 1875, has not attained his majority; (4) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (5) "revenue" means land revenue; (6) "revenue court" means all or any of the following authorities, that is to say, the Chief Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner, Additional Collector, Revenue Assistant, Assistant Collector, Settlement Officer, Assistant Settlement Officer, Record Officer, Assistant Record Officer and Tahsildar; (7) "revenue-free", when applied to land means land whereof the revenue has either wholly or in part been released, compounded for,.....

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Special Marriage Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....being entered in the Marriage Certificate Book by the Marriage Officer, the Certificate shall be deemed to be conclusive evidence of the fact that a marriage under this Act has been solemnized and that all formalities respecting the signatures of witnesses have been complied with. SECTION 14: NEW NOTICE WHEN MARRIAGE NOT SOLEMNIZED WITHIN THREE MONTHS Whenever a marriage is not solemnized within three calendar months from the date on which notice thereof has been given to the Marriage Officer as required by section 5-, or where an appeal has been filed under sub-section (2) of section 8-, within three months from the date of the decision of the district court on such appeal or, where the record of a case has been transmitted to the Central Government under section 10-, within three months from the date of decision of the Central Government the notice and all other proceedings arising there from shall be deemed to have lapsed, and no Marriage Officer shall solemnize the marriage until a new notice has been given in the manner laid down in this Act. CHAPTER 03 REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES CELEBRATED IN OTHER FORMS OBJECTS AND REASONS Section 15(e). Proviso.- "In the.....

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The Jharkhand Bhoodan Yagna Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Jharkhand

Year: 1954

.....is an undischarged insolvent; or (ii) has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude; or (iii) refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting or acts in a manner which the State Government, after hearing any explanation that he may offer, considers to be prejudicial to the objects of this Act. Section 6 - Filling of casual vacancies If the Chairman or any member of the Committee is unable, by reason of his death, resignation, removal or otherwise, to complete his full term of office, the vacancy so caused shall be filled by the appointment of another person in the manner laid down in Section 4 and such person shall fill such vacancy for the remaining portion of the term for which the Chairman or the member, as the case may be, in whose place such person is appointed would otherwise have continued in office. Section 7 - Validity of proceedings No act or proceeding of the Committee shall be deemed to be invalid only by reason of the existence of a vacancy in the Committee or any defect or irregularity in the appointment of the Chairman or any member of the Committee. Section 8 - Conduct of business of the Committee (1) The Committee shall have an office at.....

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West Bengal Cinemas (Regulation)act, 1954 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1954

.....8 Power to revoke licence Where the holder of a licence under this Act has been convicted of an offence under section 7 of the Cinematograph Act, 1952, or section 7 of this Act, the licence may be revoked by the licensing authority. Section 9 Power to make rules (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, rules made under this Act may provide for (a) the procedure in accordance with which a licence may be obtained and the terms, conditions and restrictions, if any, subject to which a licence may be granted under this Act; (b) the regulation of cinematograph exhibitions for securing public safety; (c) the time within which and the conditions subject to which, an appeal under clause (a) of sub-section (4) of section 5 or an application to the State Government for revision under sub-clause (i) of clause (b) of that sub-section may be made; (d) the procedure for appeals and revisions under sub-section (4) of section 5; (e) the payment of fees for a licence under this Act or for a renewal.....

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