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Central Act, shall mean an Act of Parliament, and shall include--(a) an Act of the Dominion Legislature or of the Indian Legislature passed before the commence-ment of the Constitution, and(b) an Act made before such commencement by the Governor General in Council or the Governor General, acting in a legislative capacity. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3 (7)]...
Central Criminal Court
Central Criminal Court. This court was created by the (English) Central Criminal Court Act, 1834 (4 & 5 Wm. , c. 36), for the trial of all cases of treasons, murders, felonies, and misdemeanours committed within the county of Middlesex, and in certain specified parts of the counties of Essex, Kent, and Surrey, all of which constitute one county for the purpose of the Act, and also commissions of goal delivery to deliver the goal of Newgate of the prisoners therein charged with any of the offences aforesaid. The Court consists of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen and also of the Judges; and there are twelve sessions held in every year, at times fixed by four or more of the judges of the High Court, (English) (Judicature Act, 1925, s. 74). The 17th section of the Act authorizes the Court to try offences committed on the high seas; and the (English) Central Criminal Court Act, 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 16) [see (English) Palmer's Act], authorizes the King's Bench Division of the High Court to orde...
Dealer
Dealer, in relation to any dangerous machine or any part thereof, means a person who, or a firm or a Hindu undivided family which, carries on, directly or otherwise, the business of buying, selling, supplying or distributing any dangerous machine or any part thereof, whether for cash or for deferred payment or for commission, remuneration or other valuable consideration, and includes-(i) a commission agent who carries on such business on behalf of any principal;(ii) an importer who sells, supplies, distributes or otherwise delivers any dangerous machine to any user, manufacturer, repairer, consumer or any other person. But does not include a manufacturer who sells, supplies, distributes or otherwise delivers any dangerous machine or any part thereof to any person or category of persons referred to in this clause. [Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 (35 of 1983), s. 3 (e)](2) includes a person who is engaged--(a) in building bodies for attachment to chassis; or (S. 2 (8)(b) The M...
Centralization
The act or process of centralizing or the state of being centralized the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole as the centralization of power in the general government the centralization of commerce in a city...
Palmer's Act
Palmer's Act, the (English) Central Criminal Court Act, 1856 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 16), enabling a person accused of a crime committed out of the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court to be tried in that Court, in order to give him a trial free from local prejudice. So called from the poisoner William Palmer, of Rugeley, in Staffordshire, who was tried and convicted at the Central Criminal Court in 1856. See Trial of William Palmer, 1912, Edn. by George H. Knott.And see HINDE PALMER'S ACT....
Central Public Information Officer
Central Public Information Officer, means the Central Public Information Officer designated under sub-s. (1) and includes a Central Assistant Public Information Officer destructed as such under sub-s. (2) of s. 5 [Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), s. 2(c)]...
Central Vigilance Commissioner
Central Vigilance Commissioner, means the Central Vigilance Commissioner appointed under sub-s. (1) of s. 4. [Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003 (45 of 2003), s. 2(a)]...
Urban agglomeration
Urban agglomeration, the expression 'urban agglomeration' as defined in s. 2(n) of the Act, so far as material, reads: (n) 'urban agglomeration', - (A) in relation to any State or Union Territory specified in column (1) of Schedule I, means: (i) The urban agglomeration specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) thereof and includes the peripheral area specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) thereof, Union of India v. Valluri Basavaiah Chowdhary, AIR 1979 SC 1415 (1426): (1979) 3 SCC 324: (1979) 3 SCR 802.(ii) Any other area in the State of Andhra Pradesh with a population of more than one lakh could be notified as an urban agglomeration under s. 2(n)(A)(ii) of the Central Act, but until it is so notified it would not be urban agglomeration and the Andhra Pradesh Legislature would have legislative competence to provide for imposition of ceiling on land situate within such area. No sooner such area is notified to be an urban agglomerations, the Central Act would apply ...
Indian university
Indian university, means a University within the meaning of s. 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 and includes such other institutions, being institutions established by or under a Central Act, as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf. [Pharmacy Act, 1948 (8 of 1948), s. 2 (e)]...
Central Board
Central Board, means the Central Board of Directors of the Bank. [Act, (2 of 1934), s. 2]...
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