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High public or political office
Act, 1979 contemplates only a special class of officers or politicians who may be categorised as follows: (1) officials wielding extraordinary powers entitling them to take major policy decisions and holding positions of trust and answerable and … High public or political office, the term 'high public or political office' used in the Special Courts Act, 1979 contemplates only a special class of officers or politicians who may be
Passport
indictable misdemeanour, R. v. Brailsford and McCulloch, (1905) 2 KB 730. Forgery is a misdemeanour under the (English) Official Secrets Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 86), and obtaining passports by false statements, under the … combination to procure from the British Foreign Office a passport taken out in one name but to be used in another is an indictable misdemeanour, R. v. Brailsford and McCulloch, (1905) 2 KB 730. Forgery is a
Animals
fish and fowl, and such kinds of wild life as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify, being kinds which, in its opinion, it is desirable to protect or preserve. [Insecticides Act., 1968 … 23 Geo. 5, c. 12, and S. R. & O., 1933, No. 106. See HORSES. (4) means animals useful to human beings and includes fish and fowl, and such kinds of wild life as the Central Government
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Controlled substance
of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or to the provisions of any International Convention, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a controlled substance. [The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985), … means any substance which the Central Government may, having regard to the available information as to its possible use in the production or manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or to the provisions of any International
Specification
and Designs Act, 1907 (as amended by the Patents and Designs Act of 1932); and s. 7 for official investigation of old specifications of less than fifty years' date on application for a patent. It means a … when the period of exclusive privilege has expired. See LETTERS-PATENT. As to indexes of specifications for the public use, see s. 46 of the Patents and Designs Act, 1907 (as amended by the Patents and Designs Act
discretion
equitable and by principles of law see also abuse of discretion b : the power of a public official or employee to act and make decisions based on his or her own judgment or conscience within the … penalty provisions administered through unbridled jury "L. H. Tribe"]: as a : the power of a judge to use his or her own judgment in making decisions guided by what is fair and equitable and by principles
Village industry
a worker does not exceed fifty thousand rupees or such other sum as may, by notification in the Official Gazette, be specified from time to time by the State Govern-ment: Provided that any industry specified in the … any industry located in rural area which produces any goods or renders any service with or without the use of power and in which the fixed capital investment per head of an artisan or a worker does
Issue (despatch)
send forth, or allow to pass out; to let out; ... to give or send out authoritatively or officially; to send forth or deal out formally or publicly; to emit, put into circulation'. The issue of a … (despatch), the meaning of the word 'issued' has to be gathered from the context in which it is used. Meanings of the word 'issue' given in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary include: 'to give exit to; to
Canterbury, Archbishop of
the Jews Relief Act, 1858, (21 & 22 Vict. C. 49), s. 4, the right of exercising the official ecclesiastical patronage of a Jew is vested in the Archbishop for the time being. … dispensation in any case not contrary to the Holy Scriptures and the law of God, where the Pope used formerly to grant them, which is the foundation of his granting special licenses to marry at any place
Hazardous process
result in the pollution or the general environment: Provided that the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend the First Schedule by way of addition, omission or variation of any industry specified in the … in relation to an industry specified in the First Schedule where, unless special care is taken, raw materials used therein or the intermediate or finished products, bye-products, wastes or effluents thereof would-- (i) cause material impairment to
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