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By-laws, or bye-laws

is allowed to make by-laws which may affect the crown, or the common profit of the people under penalty of 40l., unless they be approved by the chancellor, treasurer, and chief justices, or the judges of assize, … breach, and evidence of their existence. Railway Companies have the power of making by-laws, by the (English) Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 20), and uniform by-laws made under this power apply to

Second offence

in cls. (a) to (g) in it, he shall be punishable for the first offence with a certain penalty, for the second offence with a higher penalty and for the third a still higher penalty, Jagdish Prasad … s. 16(1)] The words 'second offence' must, mean any act which is an offence under any of the clauses in the sub-s. which has been done later in point of time after a conviction for an offence

Railway

enjoined on the companies by s. 15 of the (English) Regulation of Railways Act, 1868, without any special penalty for non-compliance; and the printing upon every passenger ticket 'the fare chargeable for the journey for which such … is constructed and managed (1) under a local and personal Act of Parliament; and (2) under the Companies Clauses, Lands Clauses, and Railways Clauses Consolidation Acts; and (3) under the general Acts relating to railways. The (English)

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Offence

or as a species, signifying a crime not indictable, but punishable summarily, or by the forfeiture of a penalty. There are certain acts which are heinous sins and odious in the public eye and are punishable in … context otherwise provides for words which are not defined in the Constitution, the meaning assigned in the General Clauses Act, 1897 may apply. S. 3(38) of the General Clauses Act defines 'offence' as any act or omission

Picketing

patronize that establishment, Damodar Ganesh v. State, AIR 1951 Bom 459 (462). The word 'picketing' is used in clause (a) of Uttar Pradesh Police Regulations not in the sense of offering resistance to the visitor-physical or otherwise-or … that Act, s. 3 (2), and the (English) Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875 (c. 86), provides penalties for intimidation, which includes violence, persistent following, and watching and besetting. As to the meaning of 'trade dispute,'

Act of Parliament

latter Act takes effect from the expiration of the former, unless otherwise provided, and except as to any penalty: (English) Acts of Parliament (Expiration) Act, 1808 (48 Geo. 3, c. 106). (2) A statute is to be … a party, dissolving a marriage, or setting particular estates. There is a further class of Acts which contain clauses frequently required in local Acts. The provisions of such general Acts are incorporated in private Acts by reference,

Judgment

the reasons given by the court for its decision. An order for transfer of a suit made under clause 13 of the Letters Patent of the Calcutta High Court is not a 'judgment' within the meaning of … Establishment, AIR 1980 SC 1510 (1514): (1980) 3 SCC 435: (1980) 3 SCR 982. It includes decree, order, sentence or determination of any Court, Tribunal, Judge or Judicial Officer. [Supreme Court Rules, 1966, R. 2 (1) (k)]

Person

Car Co., (1910) 2 Ch 525. A corporation is not a person for the purpose of suing the penalties as a common informer unless expressly empowered by statute to do so, Guardians of St. Leonards v. Franklin, … of 1980), s. 2(d)] It includes the Government. [Patents Act, 1970 (31 of 1970), s. 2(1)(s)] The General Clauses Act, 1897 defines that 'person shall include any company or association or body of individuals whether incorporated or

Deprivation

its mere will. In U.K. the law means the law as declared by Parliament and the due process clause does not apply, Commentary of the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 6th Edn., Vol. D, p. 81. … Deprivation, taking away from a clergy-man his patronage, vicarage, or other spiritual promotion or dignity, either, first, by sentence declaratory in the proper Court for fit and sufficient causes; such as conviction of infamous crime; for heresy,

Law

be imposed on all individuals who consent or are unable to resist its application and the sanction or penalty which is imposed for non-compliance, and in that case it becomes a law. If, in addition, the law … be. Regulations made by the President under Article 240, Bills enacted as President's Act under sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of Article 357 of the Constitution and includes rules, regulations, bye-laws and orders issued or made thereunder.

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