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West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 Complete Act

State : West Bengal

Year : 1955

.....tank-fishery, fishery, homestead, or land used for the purpose of livestock breeding, poultry farming, dairy or land comprised in tea garden, mill, factory, workshop, orchard, hat, bazar, ferries, tolls or land having any other sairati interests and any other land together with all interests, and benefits arising out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to earth; (8) "Personal cultivation" means cultivation by a person of his own land on his own account (a) by his own labour, or (b) by the labour of any member of his family, or (c) by servants or labourers on wages payable in cash or in kind 1111. Words and brackets ins. by W.B. Act 12 of 1972. [(not being as a share of the produce)] or both: 1212. Proviso and Expln. ins. by W.B. Act 34 of 1977. Provided that such person or member of his family resides for the greater part of the year in the locality where the land is situated and the principal source of his income is 1313. Words subs. for the words "produced from" by W.B. Act 39 of 1978, w.e.f. 3.2.1978. [produce of] such land. 1212. Proviso and Expln. ins. by W.B. Act 34 of 1977. Explanation. The term "family" shall have the.....

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Lady Dufferin Victoria Zenana Hospital Act, 1955 Complete Act

State : West Bengal

Year : 1955

.....hereinbefore stated ; It is hereby enacted as follows : Section 1 Short title This Act may be called the Lady Dufferin Victoria Zenana Hospital Act, 1955. Section 2 Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, (a) "the Hospital" means the Lady Dufferin Victoria Zenana Hospital in Calcutta together with the lands described in the Schedule belonging to the said hospital and all buildings, erections, fixtures, furniture, equipments and other appurtenances of the said hospital ; (b) "the Society" means the Bengal Branch of the National Association for Supplying Female Medical Aid to the Women of India, being a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. Section 3 Transfer of the Hospital to the State of West Bengal (1) The Hospital shall be deemed to have been transferred to the State of West Bengal and to have been vested in the State of West Bengal, as from the 1st day of July, 1949. (2) All contracts, debts and liabilities of or as respects the Hospital shall be deemed to have been transferred to the State of West Bengal, as from the 1st day of July, 1949. (3) The Hospital shall be run by the State of West.....

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Chandernagore (Assimilation of Laws) Act, 1955 Complete Act

State : West Bengal

Year : 1955

.....before the 9th day of June, 1952, was comprised in the Free town of Chandernagore; (c) "law" means so much of any Act, Ordinance, Regulation, order, rule, scheme, notification, bye-law or any other instrument having the force of law as relates to matters enumerated in List II in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. Section 3 Extension of laws to Chandernagore All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are in force in, the State of West Bengal generally shall, as from that day, extend to, or, as the case may be, come into force in, Chandernagore. Section 4 Repeal of corresponding laws and savings (1) Any law in force in Chandernagore immediately before the appointed day (hereafter in this Act referred to as "corresponding law") which corresponds to any law referred to in section 3, whether such corresponding law is in force in Chandernagore by virtue of the Chandernagore (Application of Laws) Order, 1950 or by virtue of any notification issued under the Chandernagore (Administration) Regulation, 1952, or otherwise, shall as from that day stand repealed in Chandernagore. (2) The repeal by sub-section (1) of any corresponding law.....

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Cattletrespass (West Bengal Amendment) Act, 1955 Complete Act

State : West Bengal

Year : 1955

.....ACT, 1955 4 of 1956 16th January, 1956 Section 1 Short title This Act may by called the Cattle-trespass (West Bengal Amendment) Act, 1955. Section 2 Act 1 of 1871 amended in its application to West Bengal The Cattle-trespass Act, 1871 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), shall, in its application to West Bengal, be amended for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter provided. Section 3 Amendment of section 24 Section 24 of the said Act shall be renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section and after that section as so renumbered, the. following sub-section shall be added, namely : "(2) Offences under this section shall be cognizable and bailable.". Section 4 Substitution of new section for section 26 For Section 26 of the said Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely : "26. Penalty for damage caused to land or crops or public roads by cattle. Any owner or keeper of cattle who, through neglect or otherwise, damages or causes or permits to be damaged any land, or any crop or produce of land, or any public road, allowing such cattle trespass thereon, shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be punished with a fine not exceeding two hundred.....

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West Bengal Lifts and Escalators Act, 1955 Complete Act

State : West Bengal

Year : 1955

.....apply to any lift or escalator in any mine within the meaning of the Mines Act, 1952, or to any lift or escalator to which the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948, apply. Section 2 Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "contract load" means the load specified in the maker's specification of a lift or an escalator as being the maximum load which the lift or the escalator is capable of carrying; (b) "contract speed" means the speed specified in the maker's specification of a lift or an escalator as being the maximum speed which the lift or the escalator is capable of attaining in the up direction with contract load; (c) "counterweight" means the weight or series of weights to counterbalance the weight of a lift car and part of the load; (d) "escalator" means a moving inclined continous stairway or runway used for raising and lowering passengers, which is worked by power; (e) "lift" means a hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a lift car which is designed to move in guides in a substantially vertical direction and is worked by power; (f) "lift car" includes the platform, car frame and the enclosure of a lift car; (g) "lift.....

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Calcutta Sports Act, 1955 Complete Act

State : West Bengal

Year : 1955

.....with power to acquire, receive, hold or transfer property, movable or immovable, to contract and to do all things necessary for the purposes of this Act. Section 4 Composition and functions of the Association (1) The Association shall consist of the following members, namely: (a) all bona fide members of affiliated sports organizations whose names are borne on the Registers of such organizations; (b) all other persons as may be admitted by the Association to its membership according to such rules as may be prescribed. (2) Subject to such exemptions from payment of fees as may be allowed in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed in this behalf, no person, whether a member of an affiliated sports organization or not, shall be admitted to membership of the Association unless he has paid the fee prescribed for membership of the Association: Provided that in the case of a member of an affiliated sports organization who has paid to his organization the full fee for membership of such organization, (i) if such fee is not less than the fee prescribed for membership of the Association, such member shall not be required to pay any fee for being admitted to membership of the.....

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