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Floor of the House

Floor of the House, is part of the legislative chamber which is technically 'within the House' i.e. between the bar of the House and the Speaker's chair.

through the whole body of American juris-prudence, and is in many respects the most comprehensive, salutary, and important legislative regulation on record affecting the security of private rights.' The main object of the statute was to take

Exemption provision

exception and on normal principle of construction or interpretation of statutes it is construed strictly either because of legislative intention or on economic justification of inequitable burden or progressive approach of fiscal provisions intended to augment state

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Issued and served

Issued and served, the expressions 'issued' and 'served' are used as interchangeable terms and in the legislative practice of our country they are sometimes used to convey the same idea. Accord-ingly, it was held that

Grade

v. S.N. Dikshit, AIR 1970 SC 40 (41): (1969) 2 SCC 245: (1970) 1 SCR 421. [United Pro-vinices Legislative Department Rules, R. 7] An incremental step in the scale of punishment for offences, based an a particular

Henry VIII Clause

Henry VIII Clause, is a provision occasionally found in legislation conferring delegated legislative power, giving the delegate the power to amend the delegating Act in order to bring that Act into

Immediate purpose

of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 says is 'immediate purpose of demolishing'. The legislative intent is that the purpose should be immediate or direct and not mediate or remote or indirect or

Imposition

Imposition, tax contribution. The term 'imposition' is generally used for the levy of a tax or duty by legislative provisions indicating the subject-matter of the tax and the rates at which it has to be taxed, Assistant

Income

way in which that term might have been deployed in a fiscal statute. The expression 'income' in the legislative entry has always been understood in a wide and comprehensive connotation to embrace within it every kind of

Independent member

Independent member, in India, a member elected as such to a Legislative House otherwise than as a candidate set up by any political party, Constitution of India, 10th Sch., para

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