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Finance Acts. In and after 1894 the Annual Taxing Acts, which had for a long time borne the short titles of 'Customs and Inland Revenue Acts,' have borne the short titles of 'Finance Acts.' The Finance Act incorporates the Budget which is the Chancellor of the Exchequer's annual statement or report of the financial results of the past year, estimated expenditure and income of the coming year and proposals in regard to taxation. These proposals are passed into law by the Finance Act but are enforced as soon as a resolution of the Committee of Ways and Means agrees to them in order to prevent forestalling and anticipation in commodities. See Halsb. L.E., title 'Parliament (Ways and Means).'...
securities act of 1933
securities act of 1933 The federal securities act regulating the initial public offering (IPO) of securities. (15 U.S.C. Sec. 77) Source: FindLaw ...
Corn Tax Abolition Act (English)
Corn Tax Abolition Act (English), 10 & 11 Vict. c. 46. This Act, however, left a duty of 1s. a quarter (measure) remaining-a duty repealed by the Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 14), s. 4, reimposed under the guise of 3d. per cwt. By the Finance Act,1902 (2 Edw. 7, c. 7), s. 1, but taken off again by the Finance Act, 1903 (3 Edw. 7, c. 8) s. 1....
owner financing
owner financing a home purchase where the seller provides all or part of the financing, acting as a lender. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
Act of Parliament
Act of Parliament, a law made by the sovereign, with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and the Commons, in Parliament assembled (1 Bl. Com. 85); but, in the case of an Act passed under the provisions of the (English) Parliament Act, 1911, a law made by the sovereign 'by and with the advice and consent of the Commons in this present Parliament assembled in accordance with the provisions of the Parliament Act, 1911, and by authority of the same'; also called a 'statute.'Means a bill passed by two Houses of Parliament and assented to by the President and in the absence of an express provision to the contrary, operative from the date of notification in the Gazette, Handbook for Members of Rajya Sabha, April, 2002.Means an action; a thing done or established; a written law formally passed by the legislative power of a State; a Bill enacted by the legislature into a law, as distinguished from a bill which is in the form of draft of a law or legislative proposal pres...
Paving Acts
Paving Acts. As to Local Government Districts, see the (English) Public Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55); and as to London, see the (English) Metropolitan Paving Act, 1817 (57 Geo. 3, c. 29) [(English) 'Michael Angelo Taylor's Act'], the (English) Metropolis Management Acts Amendment Act, 1862, s. 77, and the amending Act of 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 54)....
Levy
Levy, may include both the process of taxation as well as the determination of the amount of tax or duty, S.K. Pattanaik v. State of Orissa, (2000) 1 SCC 413.The term 'levy' is wider in its import than term 'assessment'. It may include both 'imposition' as well as 'assessment' Imposition is generally used for levy of a duty or tax by legislative provisions indicating the subject-matter of levy and rate of levy. Levy of duty does not mean actual collection, Collector of Central Excise, Chandigarh v. Smith Kline Beecham Consumer Health Care Ltd., AIR 2003 SC 829. [see Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944)][fr. levo, Lat.], the act of raising money or men.Assessment and collection of income tax The expression 'levy, assessment and collection of income-tax' in section 13(1) of the Finance Act, 1950, was wide enough to comprehend re-assessment proceedings under section 34 of the Income Tax Act, 1922, Income Tax Officer v. K.N. Guruswamy, AIR 1958 SC 808: (1959) SCR 785.Levy under section 14(...
Betting
Betting. For definition and for s. 18 of the (English) Gaming Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 109), see WAGER.Bets are irrecoverable at law by virtue of s. 18 of the (English) Gaming Act, 1845, and the (English) Gaming Act, 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 9). The latter statute gets rid of the decision in Real v. Anderson, (1884) 13 QBD 779; and see Tatam v. Reeve, (1893) 1 QB 44; and De Mattos v. Benjamin, (1894) 70 LT 560. In the case of a cheque given in payment of a gaming transaction the combined effect of s. 1 of the (English) Gaming Act, 1710 (9 Anne, c. 14), and ss. 1 and 2 of the (English) Gaming Act, 1835, was that if it was paid to any indorsee or holder, the amount so paid could be recovered by the drawer from the payee, Dey v. Mayo, (1920) 2 KB 346; Sutters v. Briggs, (1922) 1 AC 1. The Gaming Act, 1922, does away with this position.The (English) Betting Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 119)--as to which see Reg. v. Brown, (1895) 1 QB 119--elaborately provides for suppressing of houses, rooms...
Receipt
Receipt, an acknowledgment in writing of having received a sum of money, which is prima facie but not conclusive evidence of payment, Skaife v. Jackson, (1824) 3 B&C 421.The act of receiving something; a written acknow-ledgment that something has been received, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.A stamp duty first imposed in 1783 was progressively ad valorem, until 1853, when the uniform 1d. rate was imposed; this was increased to 2d. by the Finance Act, 1920.For the purposes of the Stamp Act, 1891, the expression 'receipt' is defined (s. 101) as including--(1) Any note, memorandum, or writing whereby any money amounting to two pounds or upwards, or any bill of exchange or promissory note for money amounting to two pounds or upwards, is acknow-ledged or expressed to have been received or deposited or paid, or whereby any debt or demand, or any part of a debt or demand, of the amount of two pounds or upwards, is acknowledged to have been settled, satisfied, or discharged, or which signifie...
Debt owed
Debt owed, a debt owed within the meaning of s. 2(m) of the Wealth-tax Act can be defined as a liability to pay in praesenti or in futuro an ascertainable sum of money, Commissioner of Wealth Tax v. Her Highness Vijyaba Dowger Maharani Saheb of Bhavnagar Palace, (1979) 2 SCC 213: AIR 1979 SC 982: (1979) 3 SCR 545.The deduction claimed in respect of each assessment year was in truth and substance a liability under the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 or the Income-tax Act, 1961, as the case may be, and not a new liability created by the Finance Act, and, therefore, it constituted a 'debt owed' by the assessee on the respective valuation dates within the meaning of s. 2(m) of the Act and that the deduction claimed should be allowed while computing the net wealth of the assessee, Ahmed Ibrahim Sahigra Dhoraji v. Commissioner of Wealth Tax, (1981) 3 SCC 77: AIR 1981 SC 1562: (1981) 3 SCR 402.A 'debt owed' within the meaning of, s. 2(m) of the Wealth-tax Act can be defined as a liability to pay ...
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