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Attendance centre

Attendance centre, means a place at which offender aged 21 may be required to attend and be given under supervision appropriate occupation or instruction in pursuance of attendance centre orders. Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 5(3), 4th Edn., 2001, Para 1673, Note 5, p. 810....


Energy Management Centre

Energy Management Centre, means the Energy Management Centre set up under the Resolution of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Energy, Department of Power No. 7(2)/87-EP(Vol.IV), dated the 5th July 1989 and registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. [Energy Conservation Act, 2001 (52 of 2001), s. 2(l)]...


International Financial Services Centre

International Financial Services Centre, means an International Financial Service Centre which has been approved by the Central Government under sub-s. (1) of s. 18. [Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005), s. 2(q)]...


National load despatch centre

National load despatch centre, means the centre established under sub-s. (1) of s. 26. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(45)]...


Centring

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Centre of a debtor's main interests

Centre of a debtor's main interests, should correspond to the place where the debtor conducts the administration of his interests on a regular basis and (which) is therefore ascertainable by third parties, Eurofood 1 FSC Ltd. (in re:) (ECJ), 2006 Ch LR 508....


Genetic Counselling Centre

Genetic Counselling Centre, means an institute, hospital, nursing home or any place, by whatever name called, which provides for genetic counselling to patients. [Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (57 of 1994), s. 2(c)]...


Health club and fitness centre

Health club and fitness centre, means any establish-ment, including a hotel or resort, providing health and fitness service. [The Finance Act, 2002, s. 78(43)]...


Stigma

Stigma, denotes loss of confidence by the employer amount to 'stigma', Kamal Kishore Lakshman v. Pan American World Airways, AIR 1987 SC 229: (1987) 1 SCC 146.Stigma, is something that detracts from the character or reputation of a person, a mark, sign etc., indicting that something is not considered normal or standard (Webster's New World Dictionary), Dipti Prakash Banerjee v. Satyendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, (1999) 3 SCC 60.Stigma, is understood to be something that is detraction from the character or reputation of a person. It is blemish, imputation, mark or label indicating a deviation from a norm, mere description of background fact cannot be called as stigma. State of U.P. v. Ram Bachan Tripathi, AIR 2005 SC 3212.--in the absence of a statutory definition of the word 'stigma', its meaning as available in dictionaries. According to Webster's New World Dictionary it is something that detracts from the character or reputation of a person, a mark, sign, etc. in...


Public Order Act, 1936

Public Order Act, 1936 (English) (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 6). An Act to prohibit the wearing of uniforms in connection with political objects and the maintenance by private persons of associations of limitary or similar character, and to make further provision for the preservation of public order on the occasion of public processions and meetings and in public places.S. 1.-Prohibition of uniform in connection with political objects.S. 2.-Prohibition of quasi-military organizations.S. 3.-Confers powers for the preservation of public order on the occasion of processions.S. 4.-Prohibition of offensive weapons at public meetings and processions.S. 5.-Prohibition of offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace.S. 6.-Amendment of Public Meeting Act, 1908; see PUBLIC MEETING.S. 7.-Enforcement.S. 8.-Application to Scotland.S. 9.-Interpretation.S. 10.-Short title and extent.A person who commits an offence under s. 2 is liable on summary conviction to a maximum of 6 months' imprisonment ...


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