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Occupier, includes, --(i) any person who for the time being is paying or is liable to pay to the owner the rent or any portion of the rent of the land or building in respect of which such rent is paid or is payable.(ii) an owner in occupation of or otherwise using his land or building.(iii) a rent-free tenant of any land or building, and(iv) any person who is liable to pay to the owner damages for the use and occupation of any land or building. [The Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 2006, s. 2(i)]Means a person who occupies a site or building within a zone and including his successors and assignees. [The Rajasthan Special Economic Zones Development Act, 2003, s. 2(h)]Occupier, of a jute-mill means the person who has ultimate control over the affairs of the jute-mill. [The West Bengal Value Added Tax Act, 2003, s. 2(25)]The person residing in or upon or having a right to reside in or upon any house, land, or place; formerly rateable to the poor rate under the Poor Rel...
Commercial establishment
Commercial establishment, in the definition of a Commercial Establishment in s. 2 cl. 3 of the U.P. Shops and Commercial Eastblishment Act, 1947, the clerical and other establishments of a factory to whom the provisions of the Factories Act, 1934, do not apply, are included in the connotation of that expression. It is true that the reference in the definition by which clerical and other establish-ments of factories are included is to the Factories Act of 1934, but by virtue of s. 8 of the General Clauses (1987 10 of 1897), it must be construed as a reference to the provisions of the Factories Act LXIII of 1948 which repealed the Factories Act of 1934 and re-enacted it. It is difficult to say that field workers who are employed in guiding, supervising and controlling the growth and supply of sugarcane to be used in the factory are employed either in the precincts of the factory or in the premises of the factory; and if these workers are not employed in a factory, the provisions of the F...
Half-timer
Half-timer. A child, who, by the operation of the Factory and Education Acts, was employed for less than the full time in a factory or workshop, in order that he might attend some 'recognized efficient school.' It is now illegal to employ a child in a factory under the age up to which his parents are obliged to cause him to receive education (English) Education Act, 1918, s. 14; (English) Education Act, 1921, ss. 170 (13), 42, 46; (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 12), s. 46.In England, a child excused from full time attend-ance at school under the factory and Workshops Act, 1908 so that the child could work part-time in a factory or workshop, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 718....
Workshop
Workshop, for the purpose of (English) Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 22), means hat works, rope works, bakehouses, lace warehouses, shipbuilding works quarries, pit banks, dry-cleaning, carpet-beating, and bottle-washing works, and any premises named in Part II. of the 6th Schedule, not being a 'factory' where manual labour is used for gain, or for making, repairing, or adapting for sale any article, in premises to which the employer has a right of access, including laundries, as provided by the (English) Factory and Workshop Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 39), s. 1; all consolidated and repealed by the Factories Act, 1937, and of FACTORY.Means any premises (including the precincts thereof) wherein any industrial process is carried on, but does not include any premises to which the provisions of s. 67 of the Factories Act, 1948 for the time being, apply. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986), s. 2(x)]...
Bleaching and Dyeing
Bleaching and Dyeing. These works were at first regulated by 23 & 24 Vict. c. 78; 25 & 26 Vict. c. 8; 26 & 27 Vict. c. 38; and 27 &28 Vict. c. 98. By 33 & 34 Vict. c. 62, however, all these Acts are repealed after January 1, 1872, and the (English) Factory Acts made to apply to them; and they are now regulated, along with other factories, by the consolidating (English) Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 22). By Schedule VI., bleaching and dyeing works are a non-textile factory and are defined as 'any premises in which the process of bleaching, beetling, dyeing, calendering, finishing, hooking, lapping, and making up and packing any yarn or cloth of any material or the dressing or finishing of lace or any one or more of such processes or any process incidental thereto are or is carried on.' S. 28 deals with hours of employment; s. 40 deals with mealtimes; and s. 53 with overtime employment. See FACTORY....
Building
Building, defined by Lord Esher in Moir v. Williams, (1892) 1 QB 270, as an inclosure of brick or stone covered by a roof, and said by Park, J., in R. v. Gregory, (1833) 5 B. & Ad. At p. 561, not to include a wall; but the definition depends on circumstances, and may include a reservoir, Moran v. Marsland, (1909) 1 KB 744. The London Building Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. clviii.), has no definition. The term 'new building' was defined in s. 23 of the (English) Public Health Acts Amendment Act,1907 (c. 53) (now repealed); and see also Southend-on-Sea Corporation v. Archer, (1901) 70 LJ KB 328; South Shields Corporation v. Wilson, (1901) 84 LT 267. An old railway carriage will be a 'new building' if the interior arrangements are altered, Hanrahan v. Leigh Urban Council, (1909) 2 KB 257. An advertisement hoarding is a building within a restrictive covenant, Nussey v. Provincial Bill Posting Co., (1909) 1 Ch 734; Stevens v. Willing & Co. Ltd., 1929 WN 53. See also Paddington Corporation v...
Children
Children. The word child in legal documents means a legitimate child unless otherwise declared by statute. See Morris v. Britannic Assurance Co., 1931 (2) KB 125. 'Child' is defined by the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12), s. 107, as meaning, for the purposes of the Act, a person under fourteen years of age. The (English) Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 47), makes provisions for Scotland similar to those of the corresponding English Act.Registration of Birth, and Vaccination.--It is the duty, by s. 1 of the (English) Births and Deaths Registration act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 88), of the father and mother of very child born alive, and in their default of other persons (see BIRTHS), to give information to the registrar within forty two days; the (English) Public Health Act, 1936, ss. 2 and 3, provides for compulsory notification of births to the Medical Officer of Health (see BIRTHS), and the child must be vaccinat...
Employee
Employee, includes not only persons employed directly by the employer but also persons employed through a contractor. Moreover, they include not only persons employed in the factory but also persons employed in connection with the work of the factory, P.M. Patel and Sons v. Union of India, (1986) 1 SCC 32: AIR 1987 SC 447: (1985) Supp 3 SCR 55.A person who works in the service of another person (the employer) under an express or implied contract of hire under which the employer has the right to control the details of work performance, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 543.Means a person appointed to or borne on thecadre of staff of the Corporation, other thanperson on deputation. [Employees' State Insurance Corporation (General Provident Fund) Rules, 1995, s. 2(1)(e)]Means any person appointed by the University and includes teachers and other staff of the University, Manipur University Act, 2005, s. 2(k).In relation to the University, means a person other than a teacher or an office...
Person employed
Person employed, 'person employed' means - (a) in the case of a factory or an industrial undertaking, a member of the clerical staff employed in such factory or undertaking; (b) in the case of a commercial establishment other than a clerical department of a factory or an industrial undertak-ing, a person wholly or principally employed in connection with the business of the establishment, and includes a peon, T. Devadasan v. Gordon Woodroffe and Co. (P) Ltd., AIR 1972 SC 1479: (1972) 3 SCC 700: (1973) 1 SCR 213. [T.N. Shops and Establishment Act, 1947, s. 2 (12) (iii)](ii) According to the definition in s. 2(14) of the Andhra Pradesh (Telengana Area) Shops and Establishments Act, 1951 even if a person is not wholly employed, if he is principally employed in connection with the business of the shop, he will be a 'person employed' within the meaning of the sub-section, Silver Jubilee Tailoring House v. Chief Inspector of Shops and Establishments, AIR 1974 SC 37 (44, 45): (1974) 3 SCC 498:...
Wales
Wales. After Edward I. conquered the Welsh the line of their ancient princes was abolished, and the King of England's eldest son was created their titular prince, and the territory of Wales was then entirely annexed to the British Crown. The Act 27 Hen. 8, c. 26, confirmed by 34 & 35 Hen. 8, c. 36, gave the utmost advancement to their civil prosperity by admitting them to a thorough communion of laws with the subjects of England.By the Wales and Berwick Act, 1746 (20 Geo. 2, c. 42), it is declared that where England only is mentioned in any Act of Parliament, it shall be deemed to comprehend the dominion of Wales and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.By 1 Wm. 4, c. 70, the jurisdiction of the Court of Great Sessions was abolished, and assizes are held in Wales as in England; and by 8 & 9 Vict. c. 11, the manner of assigning sheriffs in Wales is regulated by and assimilated to that of England.Welsh-speaking inspectors of factories, mines, and quarries are required in Wales Factories and Monmou...
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