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Central Board, means the Central Board of Directors of the Bank. [Act, (2 of 1934), s. 2]...
Board of Direct Taxes
Board of Direct Taxes, means the Central Board of Direct Taxes constituted under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963, National Tax Tribunal Act, 2005, sec. 2(b)....
Adjudicating authority
Adjudicating authority, means an officer appointed by the Central Government under sub-s. (1) of s. 16 of the Act. [Foreign Exchange Management (Adjudica-tion Proceedings and Appeal Rules, 2000), R. 2 (b)](ii) Means an officer authorised under sub-s. (1) ofs. 16. [Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999(42 of 1999), s. 2 (a)](iii) Means any authority competent to pass any order or decision under this Act but does not include the Central Board of Excise and Customs constituted under the Central Boards of Revenue Act, 1963, Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals) or Appellate Tribunal. [Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), s. 2 (a)](iv) Means any authority competent to pass any order of decision under this Act, but does not include the Board, Commissioner (Appeals) or Appellate Tribunal. [Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), s. 2 (1)](v) Means the authority specified in, or under, state s. 13. [Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992), s. 2 (a)]...
Board
Board [fr. A. Sax. Bord, a plank or table], a body of persons having delegated to them certain powers of the Central Government, as the Board of Trade, the Board of Control, the Board of Admiralty, and the Local Government Board; or elected for the purposes of local government, as a Board of Guardians under the Poor Law Acts, a Local Board under the Public Health Acts; or elected as directors by the shareholders in public companies.Means the Board of Directors of a Credit Information Company. [Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (30 of 2005), s. 2(a)]...
Poor laws
Poor laws. By the (English) Poor Relief Act, 1601, (43 Eliz. c. 2), frequently called 'The Act of Elizabeth,' overseers of the poor were annually appointed in every parish; the churchwardens of every parish being also ex-officio overseers, except in rural parishes, in which the churchwardens ceased to be overseers by virtue of the Local Government Act, 1894.Overseers of the Poor and Boards of Guardians were abolished (overseers from 1st April, 1927, boards of guardians from 1st April, 1930, except in the Scilly Islands) by the Rating and Valuation Act, 1925, and their powers, duties and property were transferred to local authorities.By the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834, the administration of the parochial funds and the management of the poor throughout the country were placed for five years under the control of a central board called 'The Poor Law Commissioners'; succeeded in 1847 by a temporary 'Poor Law Board' made perpetual, after many continuances, in 1867; and in 1871, by 'The (Eng...
Education, Board of
Education, Board of. The central authority as to education (Education Act, 1921, s. 1) was establi-shed by the Board of Education Act, 1899. There is a Consultative Committee for advising the Board (s. 2 of the 1921 Act). The Board never, in fact, meets, but its duties are carried out by the President, who is usually a member of the Cabinet. It superseded the Education Department (q.v.)....
Advisory board
Advisory board, means a Central or a State advisory board or a district and city level advisory board, as the case may be, constituted under s. 62. [Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (56 of 2000), s. 2 (a)]...
Company
Company [fr. compagnia, Ital., which word is still printed on Bank of England notes as 'compa'], a body of persons associated for purposes of busi-ness, sometimes, but not now so frequently as some years ago, styled a Joint Stock Company.A company has its origin either (1) in a charter, as the Bank of England and many insurance companies; or (2) in a special Act of Parliament, with which, as authorizing an undertaking of a public nature such as a railway, the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 16), is necessarily incorporated; or (3) in registration under the Companies Acts, 1862 and subsequent Acts, now consolidated into the (English) Companies Act, 1925 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23).By s. 13 of the Act of 1925 (1) on the registration of the memorandum of a company the registrar shall certify under his hand that the company is incorporated and, in the case of a limited company, that the company is limited. (2) From the date of incorporation mentioned in the certificat...
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...
Trade Boards
Trade Boards. The Trade Boards Act, 1909, as amended by the Trade Boards Act, 1918, applies to certain trades specified in the Schedule, and to such others as are brought within the Act by Order of the Board of Trade or by special Order of the Minister of Labour. The Board of Trade can establish Trade Boards with respect to such trades, and the Boards when established must fix minimum rates for both time work and piecework. Notice must be given of the minimum rates established, and such rates are obligatory on employers, who are placed under penalties if they fail to pay in accordance with such rates. s. 11 gives the constitution and proceedings of Trade Boards under this section:(1) The Board of Trade may make regulations with respect to the constitution of Trade Boards, which shall consist of members representing employers and members representing workers (in this Act referred to as representative members) in equal proportions and of the appointed members. Any such regulations may be...
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