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Act of Parliament
particular Act, according to its numerical order, e.g., 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 74, the chapter, if the Act be a local or personal one, being printed in Roman figures, e.g., 20 & 21 Vict. C. xciv.
Consolidation Acts (English)
Consolidation Acts (English). Acts by which several Acts upon the same subject are reduced into one. Of such a character
Interpretation Act, 1889 (English)
plural include the singular; also, definitions are provided of 'month,' 'land,' 'parish' (see those titles), and other terms. The Act also provides that:- In this Act and in every other Act, whether passed before or after the commencement … after the commencement of this Act, references to the Sovereign reigning at the time of the passing of the Act or to the Crown shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as references to the Sovereign for
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Adoptive Act of Parliament
Adoptive Act of Parliament, an Act which comes into operation within a limited area upon being adopted, in manner prescribed
Uniformity, Act of
the college chapels of Oxford and Cambridge Univer-sities and in the convocations of either province. Earlier Acts of Uniformity.-The Act of 1662 is the Act of Uniformity par excellence, but it had been preceded by three other Acts … of our religion and the propagation thereof, than an universal agreement in the public worship of Almighty God.' The Act directs that: All and singular ministers in any cathedral, collegiate or parish church or chapel or other place
Act of State
it be by conquest or cession, Dalmia Dadri Cement Co. Ltd. v. CIT, AIR 1958 SC 816 (822). The Act of the sovereign power of a country or its agent (if acting intra vires). By its very nature … in exercise of sovereign power of the State. The Municipal Courts debarred from entering into the validity of the Act of State, Secretary of State for India in Council v. Kamachee Boyee Sabha, 7 MIA 476. See also
This Act
s. 8 has been made also applicable to the levy, assessment and collection of the additional tax under the Act by virtue of s. 3(2) thereof, the words 'this Act' cannot be used to confine the operation of … so doing many of the provisions of the principal Act which are necessary for making the levy under the Act effective will become inapplicable, Ashok Service Centre v. State of Orissa, AIR 1983 SC 394: (1983) 2 SCR
Yorkshire Registry Act, 1884
registration of deeds, wills, and other assurances (see the wide meaning of the term in s. 3 of the Act of 1884) in the North (8 Geo. 2, c. 6), East (6 Anne, c. 2), and West (2
Act
Act, Something done or performed especially voluntarily; a deed, Black's law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 24. Is used with
Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923
the tenant cannot deprive himself by contract of the right to claim compensation which is conferred on him by the Act, although he may within limits substitute other benefits by agreement. The Act of 1923 (as amended by the
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