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West Bengal National Volunteer Force Act, 1949 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1949

.....and thereupon he shall have the powers, privileges and protection conferred, and shall discharge the duties imposed, on a volunteer by or under this Act. (4) All the provisions of this Act, except those contained in sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) of section 8, shall apply to the volunteers enrolled under sub-section (1) of this section. Section 9 Posting of a volunteer to a Unit Every person enrolled as a volunteer under this Act may be posted for any period to any unit of the Force and thereupon he shall be bound to serve in the said unit for that period. Section 10 Calling out of a member of the Force 2121. Sub-section (al) ins. by W.B. Act 54 of 1950. (al) The State Government 2222. Words subs, for the words "or the Provincial Commandant," by W.B. Act 20 of 1964. [or the Inspector-General or the 2323. Words subs, for the words "Provincial Commandant" by W.B. Act 7 of 1976, w.e.f. 26.1.1950. (State Commandant),] a Deputy Provincial Commandant, a Unit Commandant, or a District Superintendent of Police, if authorised by the State Government in this behalf, may at any time call upon in such manner and through such officer as may be prescribed, any volunteer for discharging.....

Lok Sahayak Sena Act, 1956 Section 6

Title: Duties of Volunteers

State: Central

Year: 1956

No person shall, on the ground only of being a volunteer be liable for military service, but subject thereto a volunteer may be called upon to undergo such training as may be prescribed, and while undergoing such training shall perform such duties and discharge such obligations as the prescribed authority may, by general or special order, direct.

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 Section 64A

Title: Immunity from Prosecution to Addicts Volunteering for Treatment

State: Central

Year: 1985

1[64A. Immunity from prosecution to addicts volunteering for treatment Any addict, who is charged with an offence punishable under section 27 or with offences involving small quantity of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, who voluntarily seeks to undergo medical treatment for de-addiction from a hospital or an institution maintained or recognised by the Government or a local authority and undergoes such treatment shall not be liable to prosecution under section 27 or under any other section for offences involving small quantity of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances: Provided that the said immunity from prosecution may be withdrawn if the addict does not undergo the complete treatment for de-addiction.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 2 of 1989, section 17 (w.e.f. 29-5-1989) and substituted by Act 9 of 2001, section 30 (w.e.f. 2-10-2001).

Lok Sahayak Sena Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....defined but defined in the Army Act, 1950, or in the Territorial Army Act, 1948, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the said Acts. SECTION 03: CONSTITUTION OF THE LOK SAHAYAK SENA There shall be raised and maintained by the Central Government a force to be designated the Lok Sahayak Sena by the enrolment of volunteers in the manner hereinafter provided. SECTION 04: ESTABLISHMENT OF CAMPS The Central Government may establish such number of camps for the purposes of the Force as it thinks fit and may close down or re-establish any such camps. SECTION 05: ENROLMENT Any citizen of India not below the age of eighteen years and not above the age of forty years may offer himself for enrolment as a volunteer and may, if he satisfies the prescribed conditions, be enrolled in the prescribed manner by the prescribed authority for such period and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed. SECTION 06: DUTIES OF VOLUNTEERS No person shall, on the ground only of being a volunteer be liable for military service, but subject thereto a volunteer may be called upon to undergo such training as may be prescribed, and while undergoing such training shall perform such.....

West Bengal Home Guards Act, 1962 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1962

.....to the protection of persons, the security of property or the public safety as may be assigned to them in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder. Section 4 Appointment of members 44. Words subs. for the words "The Superintendent of Police in a district or the Commissioner of Police in Calcutta may appoint as members" by W. B. Act 12 of 1990 w.e.f. 1.10.1989. [The Superintendent of Police in a district, upon such directions as may be given by the Commandant General, Home Guards, or the Commissioner of Police and ex officio Additional Commandant General, Home Guards, in Calcutta, may enrol as volunteers] of the Home Guard so many persons, who are fit and willing to serve as such, as he is authorised by the State Government to appoint and may appoint any such member to any office of command in the Home Guard. Section 5 Functions of members The Superintendent of Police in a district 55. Words ins. by W.B. Act 12 of 1990 w.e.f. 1.10.1989. [subject to the approval of the Commandant General, Home Guards] or the Commissioner of Police 66. Words ins. by W.B. Act 12 of 1990 w.e.f. 1.10.1989. [and ex officio Additional Commandant General, Home.....

Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1962 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....dangerous things, required for the purposes of defence against the enemy and which happens or is caused by. through, or in connection with the manufacture, storage or transportation of any such explosive, munition or other dangerous things; (7) "personal service injury", in relation to a civil defence volunteer, means any physical or mental injury, or a disease whether manifesting itself immediately or subsequently, shown to the satisfaction of the Central Government or other authority authorised to make payments under a scheme to have arisen out of and in the course of the performance by the volunteer of his duties as a member of the civil defence organisation to which he belonged at the time when the injury was sustained or the disease was contracted, and (except in the case of a personal injury) not to have arisen out of, and in the course of, his employment in any other capacity : Provided that before being so satisfied, the Central Government or other authority authorised to mate payments under a scheme shall have received from the civil defence organisation of which the volunteer concerned was a member at the time when the injury was sustained or the disease was.....

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.....

Civil Defence Act, 1968 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1968

.....thereunder or any order made under this Act or any such rule shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this Act or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any enactment other than this Act. (2) Every appointment, order or rule made in relation to civil defence before the commencement of this Act by or under any law relating to civil defence shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue to be in force until it is rescinded or altered under this Act, and be deemed to have been made under the corresponding provisions of this Act. SECTION 13: ORDINARY AVOCATIONS OF LIFE TO BE INTERFERED WITH AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE Any authority or person acting in pursuance of the Act shall interfere with the ordinary avocations of life and the enjoyment of property as little as may be consonant with the purpose of ensuring the public safety and civil defence. SECTION 14: SAVINGS AS TO ORDERS (1) No order made in exercise of any power conferred by or under this Act shall be called in question in any Court. (2) Where an order purports to have been made and signed by any authority in.....

Geneva Conventions Act, 1960 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....(d) procedural matters relating to legal representation, appeals, etc. 3. The existing law on the subject is to be found in the Geneva Convention Act, 1911 (an Act of the United Kingdom) as applied to India by the Gevena Convention Act, 1911 (British India) Order-in-Council dated the 24th October, 1916, and the Geneva Convention Implementing Act, 1936 (14 of 1936). The provisions of these Acts, however, are confined to extending protection to the two emblems, namely, the Red Cross and the Geneva Cross. 4. The Bill seeks to implement the Conventions in so far as it is necessary so to do and, at the same time, consolidates the law on the subject by repealing the United Kingdom Act of 1911andthe Central Act 14 of 1936and incorporating their provisions in the Bill." - Gaz. of Ind., 1959, Extra. Pt. II, S. 2, p. 1098. An Act to enable effect to be given to certain International Conventions done at Geneva on the twelfth day of August, 1949, to which India is a party, and for purposes connected therewith. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Eleventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :- -Geneva Conventions of 12th August, 1949, were ratified by the President on the 16th October,.....

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....(2) of Section 5, for the words 'but subject to any enactment', substitute the words 'but, save as otherwise provided by this Code, subject to any enactment'. [W.B. Act 8 of 1970, Section 3 and Sch., item 2]. (1) All offences under the Indian Penal Code shall be investigated, inquired into, tried and otherwise dealt with according to the provisions hereinafter contained. Trial of offences against other laws (2) All offences under any other law shall be investigated, inquired into, tried, and otherwise dealt with according to the same provisions, but subject to any enactment for the time being in force regulating the manner or place of investigating, inquiring into, trying or otherwise dealing with such offences. PART 2 CONSTITUTION AND POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES: CHAPTER 2: OF THE CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES: SECTION 6: Glasses of Criminal Courts: Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any law other than this Code for the time being in force, there shall be five classes of Criminal Courts in [India], namely,- : State Amendments GUJARAT.-In its application to the State of Gujarat the amendment made in Section 6 is the.....