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Railway Station, means outer wall of the main building of a station, conceivably not fronting any street falls within railway station, Corpn. of Madras v. Oriental Mercantile Company Ltd., Madras, (1967) ILR 3 Mad 818: (1966) 2 Mad LJ 440: (1966) 79 Mad LW 671...
Sky Sign
Sky Sign. This expression is defined in s. 91 (3) of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, as follows:-'Sky sign' meansAny word, letter, model, sign, device, or representa-tion in the nature of an advertisement, announce-ment, or direction supported on or attached to any post, pole, standard, framework, or other support wholly or in part upon, over, or above any house, building or structure which, or any part of which, sky sign shall be visible against the sky from some point in any street or public way, and includes all and every part of any such post, pole, standard, framework, or other support.The expression 'sky sign' shall also include:Any balloon, parachute, or other similar device employed wholly or in part for the purposes of any advertisement or announcement on, over, or above any house, building, structure, or erection of any kind, or on or over any street or public way;But shall not include:(a) Any flagstaff, pole, vane, or weathercock unless adapted or used wholly or ...
Fare
Fare, a voyage or passage by water; also the money paid for a passage either by land or by water.Railway fares must be published at stations, by the (English) Regulation of Railways Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 119), s. 16. Travelling without prepayment and with intent to avoid payment is punishable by fine up to 40s., and on second or subsequent offence either by fine up to 20l. or in the discretion of the Court by imprisonment up to one month on summary conviction, by the Regulation of Railways Act, 1889, superseding but not repealing s. 103 of the (English) Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 20).Tramway fares must be published inside and outside each of the carriages used, and avoiding payment of them is punishable by fine up to 40s. with liability to arrest.As to fares on public service vehicles, see (English) Traffic Acts, 1930, s. 72, and 1934, s. 40.Means the charge levied for the carriage of passengers. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2 (14)]Means the ...
Near
Near. In the Railway and (English) Canal Traffic Act, 1854, used of railway stations not more than one mile distant from each other; and in the (English) Unemployed Workmen Act,1905, s. 1 (a), by which the Ministry of Health may make orders extending s. 1 to 'boroughs or districts adjoining or near to London,' used without any definition. [S. 40(1)(e), Cr.P.C.]...
Baggage master
One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel...
Lorrie
A small cart or wagon moving on rails as those used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish also a barrow or truck for shifting baggage as at railway stations...
Tout
Tout, 'tout' means a person who procures, in consideration of any remuneration moving from any Advocate or from any person on his behalf, the employment of such Advocate in any legal business, or who proposes to any Advocate to procure, in consideration of any remuneration moving from such Advocate or from any person on his behalf, the employment of the Advocate in such business, or who for purposes of such procurement frequents the precincts of the Court. In re Sant Ram AIR 1960 SC 932: (1960) 3 SCR 499.-means a person-(a) who procures, in consideration of any remunera-tion moving from any legal practitioner, the employment of the legal practitioner in any legal business; or who proposes to any legal practitioner or to any person interested in any legal business to procure, in consideration of any remuneration moving from either of them, the employment of the legal practitioner in such business; or(b) who for the purposes of such procurement frequents the precincts of Civil or Crimina...
Untoward incident
Untoward incident, means:(1)(i) The commission of a terrorist act within the meaning of sub-s. (1) of s. 3 of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (28 of 1987); or(ii) the making of a violent attack or the commission of robbery or dacoity; or(iii) the indulging in rioting, shoot-out or arson,by any person in or any train carrying passengers, or in a waiting hall, cloakroom or reservation or booking office or on any platform or in any other place within the precincts of a railway station; or(2) the accidental falling of any passenger from a train carrying passengers. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 123(c)]...
Warehouse
Warehouse, in common parlance, certainly means a place where a man stores or keeps his goods which are not immediately wanted for sale, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, 3rd Edn. See also Goa Urban Co-op. Bank Ltd. v. Noor Mohd. Shikh Mussa, (2004) 6 SCC 166.Warehouse, is properly speaking a building used for the purpose of storing goods imported at a reasonable rent, Law Lexicon of British India, 1940 Edn. See also Goa Urban Co-op. Bank Ltd. v. Noor Mohd. Sheikh Mussa, (2004) 6 SCC 166.Means a building where wares or goods are stored, as before being distributed to retailers, a store-house, Webster's New Twentieth Century Diction-ary, Vol. II, 2nd End. See also Goa Urban Co-op Bank Ltd. v. Noor Mohd. Sheikh Mussa, AIR (2004) 6 SC 166.Means a property, Law Lexicon of British India, 1940 Edn.Means a public warehouse appointed under s. 57 or a private warehouse licensed under s. 58. [Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), s. 2 (43)]A building used to store goods and other items, Black's Law Diction...
Railway
Railway. A road owned by a private person or public company on which carriages run over iron rails; if the road is a public highway, that part of it on which the rails are laid is called a tramway. Every railway in this country (except a few private railways running through land owned by the owner of the railway) 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) Railway Act, 1921, provides for the reorganization of almost all the railways in England.Railway Companies as Carriers, The powers of railway companies as carriers are given by the 86th section of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and controlled by the (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Acts of 1854, 1873, and 1888. The (English) Act of 1845, s. 86, enacts that:-It shall be lawful for the company [authorized (see s. 3) by the speci...
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