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Enrollment
Enrollment, register, record; writing in which anything is recorded.The act of recording or registering, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 551.By the Statute of Enrolments, 27 Hen. 8, c. 16, now repealed by the (English) L.P. Amendment Act, 1924 (15 Geo. 5, c. 5),Sch. 10, every bargain and sale of a freehold interest was required to be enrolled in Chancery within six [lunar] months after its date.No assurance before 1926 by a tenant-in-tail under the (English) Fines and Recoveries abolition Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 74), will have any operation unless enrolled in the Central Office within six calendar months after its execution, which enrolment is sufficient of itself, even where the conveyance was by bargain and sale, within the Statute of Enrolments. This provision did not extend to copyholds, the enrolment then being on the Court-rolls of the manor. By s. 133 the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, enrolment is not required in respect of assurances or instruments executed or ma...
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)]...
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)]...
British possession
British possession, shall mean any part of Her Majesty's dominions exclusive of the United Kingdom, and where parts of those dominions are under both a Central and a Local Legislature, all part under the Central Legislature shall for the purposes of this definition, be deemed to be one British possession. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3 (6)]Means the contrary intention appears, any part of Her Majesty's dominions except the United Kingdom, where parts of such dominions are under both a central and a local legislature, all parts under the Central legislature are to be deemed to be one British possession, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 6, 4th Edn., Para 804, p. 351.British possession does not include any place within the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, but includes all other places being parts of Her Majesty's dominions, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 6, 4th Edn., Para 1005, p. 490....
Medical practitioner
Medical practitioner, means a person who possesses a recognised medical qualification as defined--(i) in clause (h) of s. 2 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, and whose name has been entered in a State Medical Register, as defined in clause (k) of that section.(ii) in clause (h) of sub-s. (1) of s. 2 of the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970, and whose name has been entered in a State Register of Indian Medicine, as defined in clause (j) of sub-s. (1) of that section.(iii) in clause (g) of sub-s. (1) of s. 2 of the Homeopathy Central Council act, 1973, and whose name has been entered in a State Register of Homeopathy, as defined in clause (i) of sub-s. (1) of that section. [Mental Health Act, 1987 (14 of 1987), s. 2 (k)]...
Other legal proceeding
Other legal proceeding, the expression 'other legal proceeding' must be read ejusdem generis with the preceding words 'suit' and prosecution as they constitute a genus. The penalty and adjudication proceedings in question did not fall within the expression 'other legal proceeding' employed in s. 40(2) of the Act as it stood prior to its amendment by Act 22 of 1973, Assistant Collector of Central Excise v. Ramdev Tobacoo Co., AIR 1991 SC 506 (511): (1991) 2 SCC 119. [Central Excise and Salt Act (10 of 1944), s. 40 (2) (Prior to Amendment Act 22 of 1973)]...
Paid
Paid, means payable and is equivalent to offered or tendered, Mohammed Basbir v. Azizul Kadar, AIR 1967 All 1: (1966) AWR (HC) 442.Paid, takes in every receipt by the employee from the employer whether it was due to him or not, Commissioner of Income Tax, Kerala and Coimbatore v. L.W. Russell, AIR 1965 SC 49. [Income Tax Act, 1922, s. 7(1)]Paid, the expression 'paid' in s. 16(2) does not contemplate actual receipt of the dividend by the member. In general, dividend may be said to be paid within the meaning of s. 16(2) when the company discharges its liability and makes the amount of dividend unconditionally available to the member entitled thereto, J. Dalmia v. Commissioner of Income Tax, AIR 1964 SC 1866: (1964) 7 SCR 579. [Income Tax Act, 1922, s. 16(2)]The expression 'paid' in s. 16(2) does not contemplate actual receipt of the dividend by the member. The only difference between the expression 'paid' and the expression 'distribution' is that the latter necessarily involves the idea ...
Seal
Seal, wax or wafer with an impression. By the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 73, deeds executed after 1925 must be signed or marked (by illiterates or blind persons), as well as sealed. As to the forgery of seals and dies, see Forgery Act, 1913, s. 5; and for the definition of 'seal,' see s. 18.An impression or sign that has legal consequence when applied to an instrument 2. A Eastening that must be broken before access can be obtained, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.By (English) R.S.C. Ord. LXI., r. 7, the seal o the central office is sufficient to authorize as evidence office copies, or certificates and other documents issued from the central office of the Supreme Court. As to the seal of district registrars, see Judic. Act, 1925, s. 9, and see CORPORATION.Means a device or process by which a stamp is made, and includes any wire or other accessory which is used for ensuring the integrity of any stamp. [Standards of Weight and Measures Act, 1976 (60 of 1976), s. 2(w)]...
Persona designata
Persona designata, a persona designata, is 'a person who is pointed out or described as an individual, as opposed to a person ascertained as a member of a class, or as filling a particular character.' (See Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary, 4th Edn., p. 253). In the words of Schwabe, C.J. In Parthasarathi Naidu v. Koteswara Rao, ILR 47 Mad 369: (AIR 1924 Mad 561) (FB), personae designate are 'persons selected to act in their private capacity and not in their capacity as Judges', Central Talkies v. Dwarka Prasad, AIR 1961 SC 606 (609): (1961) 3 SCR 495; see also Mukri Gopalan v. Cheppilat, (1995) 5 SCC 5: AIR 1995 SC 2272.Persona designata, connotes person pointed out by name or other personal description in contradis-tinction to one whose identity is to be ascertained by the office which he holds. So then, where a person is indicated in statute not by name but by an official designation a question will arise whether the intention was to single him out as a persona designata, Ram Chandra ...
Court or Tribunal
Court or Tribunal, all tribunals are not Courts, though all courts are tribunals. The word 'Courts' is used to designate those tribunals which are set up in an organised State for the administration of justice. By administration of justice is meant the exercise of judicial power of the State to maintain and uphold rights and to punish 'wrongs', Harinagar Sugar Mills Ltd. v. Shyam Sunder, AIR 1961 SC 1669 (1680): (1962) 2 SCR 339. (Constitution of India, Art. 136)The Customs Officer is not a Court or Tribunal though in adjudicating upon matters under s. 167 of the Act he has to act in a judicial manner. It may be conceded that neither the Central Board of Revenue, nor the Central Government is a Court within the meaning of Art. 136, Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. v. Jasjit Singh, AIR 1964 SC 1140 (1146): (1964) 4 SCR 594. [Constitution of India, Art. 136, Sea Customs Act, s. 167]. See also Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu, AIR 1993 SC 412...
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