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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.....

Delhi Development Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1957

.....to do anything necessary or expedient for purposes of such development and for purposes incidental thereto: Provided that save as provided in this Act, nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as authorising the disregard by the Authority of any law for the time being in force. CHAPTER 3 Master Plan and Zonal Development Plans Section7 Civic survey of, and master plan for Delhi (1)The Authority shall, as soon as may be, carry out a civic survey of, and prepare a master plan for, Delhi. (2) The master plan shall (a) define the various zones into which Delhi may be divided for the purposes of development and indicate the manner in which the land in each zone is proposed to be used (whether by the carrying out thereon of development or otherwise) and the stages by which any such development shall be carried out; and (b) serve as a basic pattern of framework within which the zonal development plans of the various zones may be prepared. [(3) The master plan may provide for any other matter which is necessary for the proper development of Delhi.] Section8 Zonal developmental plans (1) Simultaneously with the preparation of the master plan or as soon as may.....

Legislative Councils Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) each of the words and expressions defined in the Representation of the People Act, 1950-, but not defined in this Act, shall have the same meaning as in that Act: (b) "sitting member" means a person who immediately before the commencement of this Act is a member of a Legislative Council SECTION 3 Creation of a Legislative Council for Andhra Pradesh (1) As from such date as the President may by order appoint ,1there shall be a Legislative Council for the State of Andhra Pradesh; and as from that date, in sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of Article 168 of the Constitution-, after the words "States of", the words "Andhra Pradesh" shall be inserted. (2) In the said Council, there shall be 90 seats of which - (a) the numbers to be filled by persons elected by the electorates referred to in sub -clauses (a), (b) and (c) of clause (3) of Article 171-shall be and respectively; (b) the number to be filled by persons elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh in accordance with the provisions of sub-clause (d) of the said clause shall be 31; and (c) the number to be filled by persons nominated by.....

West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1957

.....1 Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the 1Words and fingures subs. for the words and fingures "West Bangal Panchayat Act. 1956" by W.B.Act 15 of 1959.[West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1957]. (2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal, except the areas to which the provisions of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951, the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, the Cooch Behar Town Committee Act, 1903, the Cooch Behar Municipal Act, 1944, the Chandernagore Municipal Act, 1955, and the Cantonments Act, 1924, or any parts or modifications thereof apply or may hereafter be applied. (3) This section shall come into force at once; the remaining sections shall come into force on such date or dates and in such area or areas as the State Government may, by notification, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different sections and for different areas. Section 2 Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a)"Adhyaksha" and "Upadhyaksha", respectively, mean Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha of a Gram Panchayat; (b) "Anchal Panchayat" means an Anchal Panchayat constituted under this Act; (c) "building" includes a house, out-house, stable, privy, urinal,.....

Legislative Councils Act, 1957 Section 5

Title: Increase in the Strength of the Bombay Legislative Council

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....of the Legislative Assembly of the former State of Bombay and every sitting member of the said Council chosen in pursuance of clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 34 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, shall be deemed to have been duly elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly of the present State of Bombay if immediately before such commencement he is an elector for an assembly constituency in the State of Bombay. (4) Every sitting elected member of the said Council who is not deemed to have been elected thereto by virtue of clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (3) shall, as from the commencement of this Act cease to be a member of the said Council. (5) As soon as may be after such commencement, elections shall be held to fill such of the seats allotted to the several Council constituencies by the Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Bombay) Order, 1951, as modified by this Act and such of the seats to be filled by persons referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (I) as are then vacant, as if those seats had then become vacant. (6) The said Council shall be deemed to have been first constituted on the date on which the Legislative Council of the.....

Legislative Councils Act, 1957 Section 8

Title: Increase in the Strength of the Mysore Legislative Council

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....States Reorganisation Act, 1956, and the sitting member of the said Council specified by the Chairman of the Legislative Council of Madras under sub-rule (7) of rule 4 of the States Reorganisation (Elections to Provisional State Legislatures) Rules, 1956, shall be deemed to have been duly elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly of the present State of Mysore; and (c) every sitting member of the said Council nominated by the Rajpramukh of the former State of Mysore shall be deemed to have been nominated to the said Council by the Governor of the present State of Mysore. (4) The three members who, immediately before the 1st Novemer, 1956, were members of the Legislative Council of Bombay and became on that date members of the Legislative Council of Mysore by virtue of sub-rule (7) of rule 4 of the States Reorganisation (Elections to Provisional State Legislatures) Rules, 1956, shall be deemed to have been elected to the Legislative Council of Mysore by the Mysore North-West (Local Authorities) Constituency. (5) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, elections shall be held to fill such of the seats allotted, to the several council constituencies by.....

Bombay Prohibition of Simultaneous Membership Act, 1957, (Maharashtra) Section 2

Title: Vacation of Seals when Elected to Both Houses of State Legislature

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1957

(1) Any person who is chosen a member of both the Bombay Legislative Assembly and the Bombay Legislative Council and who has not taken his seat in either of the said Houses may, by notice in writing signed by him and delivered to the Speaker of the Bombay Legislative Assembly and the Chairman of the Bombay Legislative Council, or the person authorised by the Speaker or the Chairman in that behalf, within ten days from the date, or the later of the dates on which he is so chosen, intimate in which one of the Houses he wishes to serve, and thereupon his seat in the House other than the one in which he wishes to serve shall become vacant. (2) In default of such intimation within the aforesaid period, his seat in the Bombay Legislative Council shall at the expiration of that period, become vacant. (3) Any intimation given under sub-section (1) shall be final and irrecoverable.

Bombay Prohibition of Simultaneous Membership Act, 1957, (Maharashtra) Section 3

Title: Vacation of Seats by Persons Already Members of One House on Election to Other Hose of State Legislature

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1957

(1) If a person who is already a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly and has taken his seat in that House is chosen a member of the Bombay Legislative Council, his seat in the Bombay Legislative Assembly shall, on the date on which he is so chosen, become vacant. (2) If a person who is already a member of the Bombay Legislative Council and has taken his seat in that House is chosen a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly, his seat in the Bombay Legislative Council shall become vacant- (a) where he is so chosen in a by-election, on the date on which he is so chosen, and (b) where he is so chosen in a general election, on the day next preceding the date the new Assembly is constituted under Section 73 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (XLIII of 1951).

Legislative Councils Act, 1957 Section 4

Title: Increase in the Strength of the Bihar Legislative Council

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....be 12. (2) The Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Bihar) Order, 1951, shall, until other provision is made by law, have effect subject to the modifications directed by the First Schedule. (3) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, elections shall be held to fill-- (a) the additional seats allotted to the several council constituencies by the said Order as modified by this Act; and (b) the additional seats to be filled by the persons referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1), as if those seats had become vacant. (4) In order that, as nearly as may be, one-third of the members of the said Council may retire on the 6th May, 1958, and on the expiration of every second year thereafter, the Governor of Bihar shall, after consultation with the Election Commission, make by order such provisions as he thinks fit in regard to the terms of office of the members to be elected to fill the additional seats under sub-section (3).

Legislative Councils Act, 1957 Section 7

Title: Increase in the Strength of the Madras Legislative Council

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....to fill-- (i) the additional seats allotted to the local authorities' constituencies and the teachers' constituency by the said Order as modified by this Act; and (ii) the additional seats to be filled by the persons referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1), as if those seats had become vacant; (b) one person shall be nominated by the Governor of Madras to fill the additional seat under clause (c) of the said sub-section. (4) In order that, as nearly as may be one-third of the members of the said Council may retire on the 20th April, 1958, and on the expiration of every second year thereafter, the Governor of Madras shall, after consultation with the Election Commission, make by order, such provisions as he thinks fit in regard to the terms of office of the members to be elected under clause (a) of sub-section (3) and of the member to be nominated under clause (b) of that sub-section.