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Dangerous machine
cause to its operator death, dismemberment of any limb or other bodily injury, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify as dangerous machine. [Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 (35 of 1983), s. 3 (c)] … Dangerous machine, means a power thresher, and includes any such machine intended to be used in the agricultural or rural sector the Central Government, being of opinion that it is of such a
Attorney-General
Act, 1936, s. 298; (English) Public Health (Officers) Act, 1884; (English) Public Health (Members and Officers) Act, 1885; Official Secrets Act, 1911, s. 8), his consent is necessary before penalties can be recovered. His fiat is necessary … the time being. He exhibits informations, prosecutes for the Crown in criminal matters and in revenue causes, and used to grant fiats for writs of error until they were abolished by s. 20 of the (English) Criminal
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom
of Parliament, such as the civil list, and the salaries of the judges and ambassadors and other high official persons; after payment of which the surplus is to be indiscriminately applied to the service of the United … stamps, and several other taxes, and some small receipts from the royal hereditary revenue, surrendered to the public use. It constitutes almost the whole of the public income of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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private
or engaged in public office or employment [a citizen] b : not related to or dependent on an official position [ correspondence] 5 : not known publicly or carried on in public ;esp : intended only for … private 1 a : intended for or restricted to the use of a particular person or group or class of persons : not available to the public [a park]
Industrial or other establishment
thereof, the need for protection of persons em-ployed therein and other relevant circumstances, specify, by notification in the Official Gazette. [Pay-ment of Wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1936), s. 2 (2) (ii)] … (f) workshop or other establishment in which articles are produced, adapted or manufactured, with a view to their use, transport or sale; (g) establishment in which any work relating to the construction, development or maintenance of buildings,
Quasi judicial
and David P. Derham, Editors, 4th Edn., 1972. Means of relating to, or involving an executive or administrative official's adjudicative acts. Quasi-judicial acts, which are valid if there is no abuse of discretion, often determine the fundamental … Quasi judicial, the expression 'quasi judicial' is not always used with clarity and accurately. Custo-dian, though not a court in the ordinary sense, is an authority which exercises
Inland
of postal articles which may be specified in this behalf by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette, when posted in or at or addressed to any places of post offices which may be described … Inland, demesne land; that which was let to tenants being denominated outland (utland), Domesday. The expression used in relation to a postal article, means: (i) posted in India and addressed to any place in India
matter
matter of record : a matter (as a fact) entered on the record of a court or other official body [the security interest was a matter of record] matter of substance : a matter concerning the merits … disagreement, or litigation: as a : a legal case, dispute, or issue [a within the court's jurisdiction] often used in titles of legal proceedings [ of Doe] see also in re b : one or more facts,
Court
spoken of in diplomacy as the Court of St. James's, because the Palace of St. James is the official palace. 2. The place where the sovereign administers justice by his judgeor a bishop, as the Supreme Court … State Industrial Tribunal Standing Orders, (1951), Standing Order 22] In the context in which the word 'court' is used in s. 9A of the Special Court Act, it is intended to encompass all curial or judicial bodies
Subordinate
1932 All 651: 1932 All LJ 816. Means administratively subordinate, i.e. some other public servant who is his official superior and under whose administrative control he works, State of Uttar Pradesh v. Mata Bhikh, 1994 JIC 501 … Subordinate, by the use of the word 'subordinate' without any qualifying words, the legislature has expressed its legislative intention of making punishable
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