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Public Order Act, 1936

Public Order Act, 1936 (English) (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 6). An Act to prohibit the wearing of uniforms in connection with political objects and the maintenance by private persons of associations of...

Public order

Public order, expression 'public order' has a distinct corrodation. Investigation into the offence under the Essential Commodities Act, may not be equated with the maintenance of public order as is commonly understood, Romesh Lal Jain v....

Public prosecutor

Public prosecutor, means a Public Prosecutor or an Additional Public Prosecutor or a Special Public Prosecutor appointed under s. 28 and includes any person acting under the directions of the Public Prosecutor. [Prevention of Terrorism Act,...

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Public policy

Public policy, connotes some matter which concerns public good and the public interest. Expression does not admit of precise definition. Concept of 'public policy' is considered to be vague, susceptible to narrow or wider meaning depending...

Public policy, opposed to public policy

Public policy, opposed to public policy, from the very nature of things, the expressions 'public policy', 'opposed to public policy', or 'contrary to public policy' are incapable of precise definition. Public policy, however, is not the...

Public servant

Public servant, has the same meaning as in s. 21 of the Indian Penal Code. [Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959), s. 2(1)(j)] Public servant has the same meaning as in s. 21 of the Indian...

Public meeting

Public meeting, a meeting which any person may attend. Any number of persons may meet in any place for any lawful purpose with the consent of the owner of that place; but without such consent, and...

Public trustee

Public trustee. The office of Public Trustee was established by the (English) Public Trustee Act, 1906, which came into force on 1st January, 1908. The Public Trustee is a corporation sole, and may if he thinks...

Public health

Public health. The first (English) Public Health Act was passed in 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 63); this was an adoptive Act not applying to London, and forms the foundation of modern sanitary legislation. It...

Public street

Public street, means any street, road square, court, alley, passage or riding path over which the public have a right of way whether a thoroughfare or not and includes (a) the roadway over any public bridge...

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