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Trade Boards. The Trade Boards Act, 1909, as amended by the Trade Boards Act, 1918, applies to certain trades specified in the Schedule, and to such others as are brought within the Act by Order of the Board of Trade or by special Order of the Minister of Labour. The Board of Trade can establish Trade Boards with respect to such trades, and the Boards when established must fix minimum rates for both time work and piecework. Notice must be given of the minimum rates established, and such rates are obligatory on employers, who are placed under penalties if they fail to pay in accordance with such rates. s. 11 gives the constitution and proceedings of Trade Boards under this section:(1) The Board of Trade may make regulations with respect to the constitution of Trade Boards, which shall consist of members representing employers and members representing workers (in this Act referred to as representative members) in equal proportions and of the appointed members. Any such regulations may be...
Trade, Board of
Trade, Board of. The Board of Trade is in theory a committee of the Privy Council, and by s. 12 of the (English) Interpretation Act, 1889, the expression means 'The Lords of the Committee for the time being of the Privy Council appointed for the consideration of matters relating to trade and foreign plantations.' The constitution of the Board rests on an Order in Council of the 5th March, 1784, by which amongst the members composing it are the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Paymaster-General and the Master of the Mint.The Board as to constituted has in fact never met, but in practice is an ordinary administrative Government Department, presided over by a President whose salary is determined by Parliament under the (English) Board of Trade Act, 1909 (9 Edw. 7, c. 23); see also President of Board of Trade Act, 1932 (21 & 22 Geo. 5, c. 21). Its powers include supervision over the following matters: shipping, railways, mines, companies, bankruptcy and in...
Board of Trade
Board of Trade. See TRADE, BOARD OF....
Appellate Board
Appellate Board, means the Appellate Board established under s. 83, Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999), s. 2(a).Means the Appellate Board established under s. 83 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (48 of 1999), s. 2(a).Means Appellate Board established under s. 32, Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000 (37 of 2000), s. 2(a)....
Board
Board [fr. A. Sax. Bord, a plank or table], a body of persons having delegated to them certain powers of the Central Government, as the Board of Trade, the Board of Control, the Board of Admiralty, and the Local Government Board; or elected for the purposes of local government, as a Board of Guardians under the Poor Law Acts, a Local Board under the Public Health Acts; or elected as directors by the shareholders in public companies.Means the Board of Directors of a Credit Information Company. [Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (30 of 2005), s. 2(a)]...
Minimum wage
Minimum wage. The Trade Boards Act, 1909, established for the first time a minimum wage in certain trades. The (English) Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912, made provision for the settlement of minimum rates of wages for workmen employed underground in coal mines. The principle has been extended to many industries during the war and after, and to agriculture by the Corn Production Act,1917 (repealed). See TRADE BOARDS.In relation to any area, means to minimum wage fixed by the State Government under s. 3 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948) for agricultural labourer as applicable in that area [National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (42 of 2005), s. 2(h)]...
board
board often cap 1 a : a group of individuals having managerial, supervisory, investigatory, or advisory powers over a public or private business, trust, or other organization or institution [Board of Regents] [Board of Bar Overseers] b : board of directors 2 a : a group of citizens elected to administer the business of or an aspect of the business of a political unit (as a town or county) [a of selectmen] b : a federal, state, or local government agency see also National Labor Relations Board in the Important Agencies section 3 : a securities or commodities exchange see also board of trade ...
Trade discount
Trade discount, a 'trade discount' is a deduction from the catalogue price of goods allowed by wholesalers to retailers engaged in the trade, Dy. C.S.T. (Law), Board of Revenue (Taxes) v. Advani Coorlikon (P) Ltd., AIR 1980 SC 609 (610): (1980) 1 SCC 360: (1980) 1 SCR 931. [Central Sales Tax Act, 1956, s. 2(h)]Trade discount, is a percentage deduction from the regular list or catalogue price or goods, A.K. Roy v. Voltas Limited, 1973 SCC Tax 261...
board of trade
board of trade :a commodities exchange ...
Offensive trade
Offensive trade, the word 'offensive' has got no technical meaning assigned to it in any legal enactment and it is not, therefore, possible to say that this word must be interpreted in that particular technical sense. Resort to the dictionary meaning of the word the setting up of a brick kiln or the preparing of bricks is a business which is liable or calculated to cause annoyance to the residents of the neighbourhood and it is, therefore, an offensive trade within the meaning of District Board Act, Sat Narain v. Emperor, AIR 1942 All 440: 1942 ALW 557....
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