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Authorised officer, there is no difference between 'authorsied officer' and 'empowered officer', Ahmed v. State of Gujarat, (2000) 7 SCC 477....
Investigation
Investigation, s. 4(1) of the Code of Criminal Proce-dure, 1898 defines 'investigation' as to include all the proceedings under that Code for the collection of evidence conducted by the police officer or other persons other than a Magistrate in this behalf. Under the Code 'investigation consists generally of the following steps: (i) proceeding to the spot; (ii) ascertainment of the facts and circumstances of the case; (iii) discovery and arrest of the suspected offender; (iv) collection of evidence relating to the commission of the offence which may consist of (a) the examination of various persons (including the accused) and the reduction of their statements into writing, if the officer thinks fit, (b) the search of places of seizure of things considered necessary for the investigation and to be produced at the trial; and (v) formation of the opinion as to whether on the material collected there is a case to place the accused before a Magistrate for trial and if so taking the necessar...
Deposite base (authorised institution)
Deposite base (authorised institution), Deposit base of an institution in relation to any contribution is the amount which the Board determines as representing the average, over such period proceeding the levying of the contribution as appears to be appropriate of sterling deposits with the United Kingdom offices of that institution other than (1) secured deposits; (2) deposits which had an original term to maturity of more that five years; and (3) deposits in respect of which the institution has in the United Kingdom issued a sterling certificate of deposit, Banking Act 1987, s. 52(4) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England 3(1), para 109, p. 92....
Indian consular officer
Indian consular officer, 'Indian consular officer' means the consul-general, consul, vice-consul, con-sular agent and proconsul appointed as such by the Central Government, and includes any person authorised by the Central Government to perform the functions of consul-general, consul, vice-consul, consular agent or proconsul. [Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958), s. 3(1)(17)]...
Inspecting Officer
Inspecting Officer, 'inspection officer' means a person authorised by the State Government or by the licensing authority to inspect any psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home. [Mental Health Act, 1987 (14 of 1987), s. 2(c)]...
Duly authorised
Duly authorised, 'duly authorised in this behalf' in Explanation II of, s. 19 means 'duly authorised by the debtor' and does not include duly authorised by law or by an order of the Court, Kamgarh Shah v. Jagdish Chandra, AIR 1960 SC 953 (960). [Limitation Act, (1908), s. 19, Expln. II]...
Authorised by law
Authorised by law, the expression 'authorised by law' means sanctioned by law while 'according to law' means in conformity with law, Shankar Kerba Jadhav v. State of Karnataka, AIR 1971 SC 840 (844) [Criminal Procedure Code 1898, s. 423(1)]...
Authorised Operations
Authorised Operations, means operations which may be authorised under sub-section (2) of s. 4 and sub-s. (9) of s. 15. [Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005), s. 2(c)]...
Equality of the statute
Equality of the statute, the judicial rule of law for interpreting statutes applies the grammatical approach, thereby to bring out the value judgment incorporated in the statute itself. Sometimes it is called the 'equity of the statute'. Words must be given their 'literal' or 'ordinary' meaning unless there are compelling reasons, recognised by canons of construction, to the contrary, Authorised Officer v. S. Naganatha Ayyar, (1979) 3 SCC 466: AIR 1979 SC 1192....
Utilisation of surplus area
Utilisation of surplus area, the s. empowers the State Government or its authorised officer to 'utilise' any 'surplus area' for the resettlement of tenants, the Act does not define what is meant by an order of utilisation under the s. A clue to what is actually meant by that expression, is however to be found clause (b) s. 10A which provides as follows: 10-A(b). Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force and save in the case of land acquired by the State Government under any law for the time being in force or an heir by inheritance no transfer or other disposition of land which is comprised in surplus area at the commencement of this Act, shall affect the utilisation thereof in clause (a), Financial Commissioner v. Kala Devi, AIR 1980 SC 309 (310): (1980) 1 SCC 77: (1980) 1 SCR 1120. [Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act (10 of 1953), s. 10A and s. 10B]...
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