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joint committee : a committee made up of members of both houses of a legislature (as for purposes of investigation or oversight) compare conference committee ...
Committee of a Person of Unsound Mind or Idiot
Committee of a Person of Unsound Mind or Idiot, the person to whom the care and custody of the person and estate, or either, of a person of unsound mind is committed by the Court. Separate committees may be appointed (a) of the person, (b) of the estate, and joint committees may be appointed for either or both of these purposes. See (English) Lunacy Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5), s. 120. A committee can only be appointed after a formal inquisition. In practice, receivers are generally appointed under the (English) Lunacy Acts, 1890 (53 Vict. c. 5), s. 116; 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 47), s. 1, and 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 60)....
committee
committee 1 : a person to whom a charge (as an incompetent) is committed compare conservator, curator, guardian, tutor 2 a : a body of persons delegated or assigned to consider, investigate, act on, or report on some matter ;esp : a group of fellow legislators chosen by a legislative body to consider legislative matters (as drafting bills or conducting hearings) [the Senate judiciary ] see also conference committee, joint committee b : a private organization for the promotion of a common object [political action s] compare council ...
conference committee
conference committee : a joint committee that is appointed to hold a conference on differing versions of a bill ...
Local authority
Local authority, includes panchayatiraj institutions, municipalities, a district board, cantonment board, town planning authority or Zila Parishad or any other body or authority, by whatever name called, for the time being invested by law, for rendering essential services or, with the control and management of civil services, within a specified local area. [Disaster Management Act, 2005, s. 2(h)]It is the political subdivision functioning within the framework of constitution and enjoying certain degree of autonomy serving as administrative units for state services, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 321.Means a municipal corporation, a municipal council, a Nagar Panchayat, an Industrial Township, a Cantonment Board, a Village Panchayat Constituted or Continued under any law for the time being in force. [Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 2006, s. 2(e)]Means a municipal corporation, Nagar Panchayat, Municipal Council, District Panchayat, Taluka Pa...
Reading of a Bill
Reading of a Bill, in House of Commons, the three stages through which a Bill passes, are: First Reading, Second Reading and Third Reading. During the first reading only short title is read by the clerk. During second reading there is a wide debate in general application and desirability of measure. Second reading normally takes place on the floor of the House but certain public Bills are referred to Second Reading Committee for consideration in principle. After it the Bill is referred to Standing Committee for detailed examination. Third reading takes place when a Bill is reported from the Committee of the whole House without amendment or when the consideration of a Bill, as amended, is concluded. After the third reading the Bill is reviewed in its final form with amendments earlier made. No debate may takes place. Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 494.In India three readings are done for a Bill for facilitating adequate scrutiny and debate. First reading is the...
Parliamentary Committee
Parliamentary Committee, a committee of members of the House of Peers, or of the House of Commons, appointed by either House for the purpose of making inquiries, by the examination of witness or otherwise, into matters which could not be conveniently inquired into by the whole House. Not only any Bill, but any subject that is brought under the consideration of either House, may, if the House thinks proper, be referred to a committee; and when the inquiry is ended, the committee, through their chairman, make a report to the House of the result. All private Bills, such as Bills for railways, canals, roads, or other undertakings, in which the public are concerned, are referred to committees of each House before they are sanctioned by that House. Their reports are not absolutely binding upon the House, but the House seldom reverses their decision.As to the power of such committees to administer oaths to witnesses, see the (English) Parliamentary Witnesses Oaths Act, 1871.As to the powers o...
grievance committee
grievance committee : a committee formed by a labor union or by employer and employees jointly to discuss and where possible eliminate grievances ...
commit
commit com·mit·ted com·mit·ting vt 1 a : to put into another's charge or trust : entrust consign [committed her children to her sister's care] b : to place in a prison or mental hospital esp. by judicial order [was found to be gravely disabled and was involuntarily committed to the Central Louisiana State Hospital "In the Matter of K.G., 531 So. 2d 575 (1988)"] compare institutionalize, interdict c : to send (as a legislative bill) to a committee for consideration and report [ the crime bill to the joint committee] 2 : to carry into action deliberately : perpetrate [to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas "U.S. Constitution art. I"] 3 : obligate bind vi : to obligate or bind oneself [would not to the irrevocable order] ...
Constable
Constable [fr. Comes stabuli, Lat., in the eastern empire a superintendent of the imperial stables, or the emperor's master of the horse, who at length obtained the command of the army], an officer to whom our law commits the duty of maintaining the peace, and bringing to justice those by whom it is infringed.Provision is made for the abolition of the office of High Constable by the (English) High Constables Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 67), and of that of Parish Constable by the Parish Constables Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 92), which Act, however, still allows of their appointment in exceptional cases.By the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s. 191, in all boroughs to which that Act applies, 'borough constables' are appointed by the Watch Committee, but the (English) Local Government Act,1888, has, in the case of boroughs having a population of less than 10,000 transferred the appointments to the county councils.In counties constables were appointed by the justices of the pe...
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