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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...
Prize amount
Prize amount, means the difference between the chit amount and the discount, and in the case of a fraction of a ticket means the difference between the chit amount and the discount proportionate to the fraction of the ticket, and when the prize amount is payable otherwise than in cash, the value of the prize amount shall be the value at the time when it becomes payable. [Chit Funds Act, 1982 (40 of 1982), s. 2(m)]...
Subscriber
Subscriber, means a person in whose name the Digital Signature Certificate is issued. [Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), s. 2(1) (zg)]Means a person who receives the signals of cable television network at a place indicated by him to the cable operator, without further transmitting it to any other person. [Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 (7 of 1995), s. 2 (i)]Includes a person who holds a fraction of a ticket and also a transferee of a ticket thereof by assignment in writing or by operation of law. [Chit Funds Act, 1982 (40 of 1982), s. 2(r)]...
Passenger
Passenger, 'passenger' any person on a railway in any description or class of traveling train or carriage on payment of his fare, whether at full rates or at concessional rates. Railway Passengers Fare Act, 1971, s.2(b) trespasser or person traveling without ticket or pass or authority in not a passenger, Sundari v. Union of India, AIR 1984 All 277 (278).Means a person travelling with a valid pass or ticket. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2(29)]A Railway servant on duty is not a passenger, AIR 1988 Pat 130 (132).Passenger, is a person whom a common carrier has contracted to carry from one place to another, Sundari v. Union of India, AIR 1984 All 277.Means a person whom a common carrier has contracted to carry from one place to another, Black's Law Dictionary.Means a traveller in or on a public or private conveyance other than the driver, pilot crew, etc., New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Annakutty, AIR 1993 Ker 299: (1993) ILR 1 Ker 850: (1993) 1 ACC 684: (1992) 2 Ker LJ 858: (199...
Pass
Pass, means an authority given by the Central Government or a railway administration to a person allowing him to travel as a passenger, but does not include a ticket. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2 (28)]The word 'passes' as it occurs in s. 5(1) of the Estate Duty Act, 1953 means 'charges hands', Controller of Estate Duty v. Usha Devi Patankar, AIR 1969 MP 229 (232). [Estates Duty Act, 1953, s. 5 (11)]Means an authority given by the metro railway administration or by an officer appointed by that administration in this behalf, to a person allowing him to travel as a passenger on the metro railway, but does not include a ticket. [Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002, s. 2(n)]...
Package
Package, include a wrapper, box, carton, tin or other container. [Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003, s. 2(i)]Includes a box, carton, tin or other container. [Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 (60 of 1986), s. 2(e)]Includes any case, box container covering folder, receptacle, vessel, casket, bottle, wrapper, label, band, ticket, reel, frame, capsule, cap, lid, stopper and cork. [Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 (48 of 1999), s. 2(1)(i)]Includes any case, box, container, covering, folder, receptacle, vessel, casket, bottle, wrapper, label, band, ticket, reel, frame, capsule, cap, lid, stopper and cork. [Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999), s. 2(1)(q)]Means a box, bottle, casket, tin, barrel, case, receptacle, sack, bag, wrapper or other thing in which an insecticide is placed or packed. [Insecticides Act, 1968...
Mark
Mark [fr. marc, Welsh; mearc, Sax.; merche, Dut.; marque, Fr.], a token; an impression; a proof; an evidence; licence of reprisals; also, formerly, a coin of the value of 13s. 4d.In commerce, a certain character struck or impressed on various kind of commodities, either to show the place where they were made, and the person who made them, or to witness that they have been viewed and examined by the officers charged with the inspection of manufacturers; or to show that the duties imposed thereon have been paid. It is also used to indicate the price of a commodity. If one use the mark of another to do him damage, an action on the case will lie, and an injunction may be obtained. See TRADE MARKS.Those who are unable to write, sign a cross, for their mark, when they execute any document. See MARKSMAN.It includes a device, brand, heading, label, ticket, name, signature, word, letter, numeral shape of goods, packaging or combination of colours or any combination thereof. [Trade Marks Act, 19...
Lottery
Lottery, a game of chance; a distribution of prizes by lot or chance, Taylor v. Smetten, (1883) 11 QBD 207. By 10 & 11 Wm. 3, c. 17, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Games,' all lotteries were declared to be public nuisances, and all grants, patents, or licences for the same to be contrary to law; and the (English) Gaming Act, 1802 (42 Geo. 3, c. 119), imposes a penalty of 500l. on any person keeping any place for any lottery' not authorized by Parliament' for as lotteries were found to be a ready mode for raising money for the service of the state, they were from time to time sanctioned by Acts of Parliament passed expressly for this purpose (see 4 Geo. 4, c. 60), but by 6 Geo. 4, c. 60, they were abolished. As to what constitutes 'keeping' within the Act of 1802, see Martin v. Benjamin, (1907) 1 KB 64; but a body corporate cannot be convicted (s. 41) as rogues and vagabonds, Hawke v. Hulton, (1909) 2 KB 93.A physical lot is not essential to a lottery, Barclay v. Pearson, (1893) 2 Ch 154. In ...
Raffles
Raffles. Selling any houses, plate, jewels, ships, goods, or other things by way of lottery or by lots, tickets, numbers or figures, was penalised by s. 36 of the (English) Lottery Act, 1721, of which Act all but ss. 36 and 37 was repealed by the (English) Statute Law Revision Act, 1867, and ss. 36 and 37 have also been repealed by the (English) Betting and Lotteries Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 58), Part II. of which deals with lotteries, and the sale and distribution of tickets; there are exemptions for small lotteries incidental to certain entertainments (s. 23); private lotteries in certain cases (s. 24); and lotteries of art unions under the (English) Art Unions Act, 1846, which Act is amended by s. 25. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Games and Gaming.,' and see ART UNIONS AND LOTTERY.A form of lottery in which each participant buys one or more chances to win a prize, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1266....
Lottery
A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance esp a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes and the rest of the tickets are blanks...
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