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Extra-territorial operations, the words 'extra-territorial operation' are used, in two different senses as connoting firstly, laws in respect of acts or events which take place inside the State but have operation outside, and secondly, laws with reference to the nationals of a State in respect of their acts outside, that in its former sense, the laws are strictly speaking intra-territorial though loosely termed 'extra-territorial', and that under Art. 245(1) it is within the competence of the Parliament and of the State Legislatures to enact laws with extra territorial operation in the sense. The words 'laws with extra-territorial operation' in Article 245(2) must be understood in their second and strict sense as having reference to the laws of a State for their nationals in respect of acts done outside the State. Otherwise, the provision would be redundant as regards legislation by parliament and inconsistent as regards laws enacted by States, Bengal Immunity Co. Ltd. v. State of Biha...
Extra-territoriality
Extra-territoriality. See EXTERRITORIALITY....
International Law
International Law. I. Public Law: The law of nations, strictly so called, was in a great measure unknown to antiquity, and is the slow growth of modern times, under the combined influence of Christianity, intercourse, commerce and war.II. Private Law (Conflict of Laws): It is plain that the laws of one country can have no intrinsic force, proprio vigore, except within the territorial limits and jurisdiction of that country. They can bind only its own subjects and others who are within its jurisdictional limits; and the latter only while they remain therein. No other nation, or its subjects, is bound to yield the slightest obedience to those laws. Whatever extra-territorial force they are to have is the result not of any original power to extend them abroad, but of that respect which, from motives of public policy, other nations are disposed to yield to them, giving them effect, as the phrase is, sub mutu' vicissitudinis obtentu, with a wise and liberal regard to common convenience and ...
Extra territorium jus dicenti non paretur impune
Extra territorium jus dicenti non paretur impune. 10 Rep. 77.-(The decision of one adjudicating beyond his territory cannot be obeyed with impunity.)...
Westminster, Statute of, 1931
Westminster, Statute of, 1931 922 Geo. 5, c. 4). This Act was passed to confirm and ratify certain declarations made by the delegates to the Imperial Conferences of 1926 and 1930. Six Dominions are affected: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Irish Free State, and Newfoundland. The arrangement is as follows:-S. 1. Meaning of 'Dominion' in this Act.S. 2. Validity of laws made by Parliament of a Dominion; the Colonial Laws Validity Act, 1865, shall not apply to any law made by the Parliament of a Dominion.S. 3. Power of Parliament of Dominion to legislate extra-territorially.S. 4. Parliament of United Kingdom not to legislate for 'Dominion' except by consent.S. 5. Powers of Dominion Parliaments in relation to shipping.S. 6. Powers of Dominion Parliaments in relation to Courts of Admiralty.S. 7. Saving for British North America Acts and application of Act to Canada.S. 8. Saving for Constitution Acts of Australia and New Zealand.S. 9. Saving with respect to State of Australi...
Extra-parochial
Extra-parochial [fr. extra and parochia, Lat.], outside of any parish. The (English) Extra-parochial Places Act, 1857 (20 Vict. c. 19), provides for extra-parochial places being annexed to their adjoining parishes....
Union Territories
Union Territories, include in the first Schedule of the Constitution of India; also includes any other territory comprised within the territory of India, but not specified in that Schedule, Constitution of India, Art. 366.Union Territories, include some of the formers Parts B and C. States, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 5th Edn., Vol. 9, p. 44.Union territory, shall mean any Union territory specified in the First Schedule to the Constitution and shall include any other territory comprised within the territory of India but not specified in that Schedule. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(62A)]...
Territory
Territory, means a geographical area included within a particular government's jurisdiction, the portion of the earth's surface that is in a State's exclusive possession and control, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1485.The use of the word 'territory' in s. 9A(1)(c) indicates that the Statute empowered the Authority while determining the normal value to take into consideration the comparable price of the like article in the exporting country or territory. The placement of this word 'territory' after the word 'country' indicates that the Legislature intended to use the word territory' with reference to a larger geographical area than the exporting country which geographical area or territory has some commercial similarity with the exporting country and the exporting country is a part of the said territory, though not in the political sense but in the economic sense of that word, Designated Authority (Anti Dumping Directorate) v. Holder Topsoe A/s, (2000) 6 SCC 626: AIR 2000 SC 2556...
Territorial waters
Territorial waters. This expression is used with regard to that portion of the sea, upto a limited distance, which is immediately adjacent to the shores of any country, and over which the sovereignty and exclusive jurisdiction of that country extends. The generally recognized limit is three miles, which was the range of canon in the seventeenth century (see Grotius). Territorial waters are considered as territory to the extent that fishing in such waters is reserved for the exclusive benefit of the subjects of the adjacent country. See the Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 73), passed in consequence of the decision in R. v. Keyn, (1876) 2 Ex D 63.Territorial waters shall have the same meaning as in s. 3 of the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976 (80 of 1976). [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972), s. 2 (30A)]...
Acquired territories
Acquired territories, 'acquired territories' mean so much of the territories comprised in the Indo-Pakistan agreements and referred to in the First Schedule as are demarcated for the purpose of being acquired by India in pursuance of the said agreements. [Acquired Territories (Merger) Act, (64 of 1960), s. 2(a)]...
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