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### Title: The Road Transport Corporations Act, 1950: Section 45A. Every rule and regulation to be laid before State Legislature. ### Content: 1[45A. Every rule and regulation to be laid before State Legislature--Every rule and every regulation made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the State Legislature.] 1. Ins. by Act 4 of 2005, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 11-1-2005).
### Title: The Census Act, 1948: Section 9.  Occupier to permit access and affixing of numbers. ### Content: Every person occupying any house, enclosure, vessel or other place shall allow census-officers such access thereto as they may require for the purposes of the census and as, having regard to the customs of the country, may be reasonable, and shall allow them to paint on, or affix to, the place such letters, marks or numbers as may be necessary for the purposes of the census.
### Title: The Army Act, 1950: Section 167.  Commencement of sentence of transportation or imprisonment. ### Content: Whenever any person is sentenced by a court-martial under this Act to transportation or imprisonment, the term of his sentence shall, whether it has been revised or not, be reckoned to commence on the day on which the original proceedings were signed by the presiding officer or, in the case of a summary court-martial, by the court.
### Title: The Representation of the People Act, 1951: Section 20.  General duties of chief electoral officers. ### Content: Show Related Subordinates 1[20. General duties of chief electoral officers.--Subject to the superintendence, direction and control of the Election Commission, the chief electoral officer of each State shall supervise the conduct of all elections in the State under this Act.] 1. Subs. by Act 27 of 1956, s. 9, for sections 20 and 21 (w.e.f. 28-8-1956).
### Title: The Indian Naval Armament Act, 1923: Section 13.  Courts by which and conditions subject to which offences may be tried. ### Content: No Court inferior to that of a Presidency Magistrate or Magistrate of the first class shall proceed to the trial of any offence punishable under this Act, and no Court shall proceed to the trial of any such offence except on complaint made by, or under authority from, the 1[Central Government]. 1. Subs. by the A. O. 1937, for "L.G.".
### Title: The Indian Succession Act, 1925: Section 374.  Contents of certificate. ### Content: When the District Judge grants a certificate, he shall therein specify the debts and securities set forth in the application for the certificate, and may thereby empower the person to whom the certificate is granted-- (a) to receive interest or dividends on, or (b) to negotiate or transfer, or (c) both to receive interest or dividends on, and to negotiate or transfer, the securities or any of them.
### Title: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 87.  Style of foreign Rulers as parties to suits. ### Content: The Ruler of a foreign State may sue, and shall be sued, in the name of his State: Provided that in giving the consent referred to in section 86, the Central Government may direct that the Ruler may be sued in the name of an agent or in any other name.
### Title: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 92.  Public charities. ### Content: 1(1) In the case of any alleged breach of any express or constructive trust created for public purposes of a charitable or religious nature, or where the direction of the Court is deemed necessary for the administration of any such trust, the Advocate-General, or two or more persons having an interest in the trust and having obtained the 2 [leave of the Court], may institute a suit, whether contentious or not, in the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction or in any other Court empowered in that behalf by the State Government within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the subject-matter of the trust is situate to obtain a decree: (a) removing any trustee; (b) appointing a new trustee; (c) vesting any property in a trustee; 3 [(cc) directing a trustee who has been removed or a person who has ceased to be a trustee, to deliver possession of any trust property in his possession to the person entitled to the possession of such property]; d) directing accounts and inquiries; (e) declaring what proportion of the trust property or of the interest therein shall be allocated to any particular object of the trust; (f) authorizing the whole or any part of the trust property to be let, sold, mortgaged or exchanged; (g) settling a scheme; or (h) granting such further or other relief as the nature of the case may require. (2) Save as provided by the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (XX of 1863), 4 [or by any corresponding law in force in 5 [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States]], no suit claiming any of the reliefs specified in sub-section (1) shall be instituted in respect of any such trust as is therein referred to except in conformity with the provisions of that sub-section. 6[(3) The Court may alter the original purposes of an express or constructive trust created for public purposes of a charitable or religious nature and allow the property or income of such trust or any portion thereof to be applied cy pres in one or more of the following circumstances, namely : (a) where the original purposes of the trust, in whole or in part, (i) have been, as far as may be, fulfilled; or (ii) cannot be carried out at all, or cannot be carried out according to the directions given in the instrument creating the trust or, where there is no such instrument, according to the spirit of the trust; or (b) where the original purposes of the trust provide a use for a part only of the property available by virtue of the trust; or (c) where the property available by virtue of the trust and other property applicable for similar purposes can be more effectively used in conjunction with, and to that end can suitably be made applicable to any other purpose, regard being had to the spirit of the trust and its applicability to common purposes; or (d) where the original purposes, in whole or in part, were laid down by reference to an area which then was, but has since ceased to be, a unit for such purposes; or (e) where the original purposes, in whole or in part, have, since they were laid down, (i) been adequately provided for by other means, or (ii) ceased, as being useless or harmful to the community, of (iii) ceased to be, in law, charitable, or (iv) ceased in any other way to provide a suitable and effective method of using the property available by virtue of the trust, regard being had to the spirit of the trust.] 1. S. 92 shall not apply to any religious trust in Bihar, see Bihar Act 1 of 1951. 2. Subs. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 31, for "consent in writing of the Advocate-General", (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 3. Ins. by Act 66 of 1956, s. 9 (w.e.f. 1-1-1957). 4. Ins. by Act 2 of 1951, s. 13 (w.e.f. 1-4-1951). 5. Subs. by the A.O. (No. 2), 1956, for "a Part B State". 6. Ins. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 31 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
### Title: The Army Act, 1950: Section 172.  Conveyance of prisoner from place to place. ### Content: A person under sentence of transportation or imprisonment may during his conveyance from place to place, or when on board ship, aircraft, or otherwise, be subjected to such restraint as is necessary for his safe conduct and removal.
### Title: The Army Act, 1950: Section 181.  Reduction of warrant officer or non-commissioned officer. ### Content: When under the provisions of section 77 a warrant officer or a non-commissioned officer is deemed to be reduced to the ranks, such reduction shall, for the purpose of section 179, be treated as a punishment awarded by a sentence of a court-martial.
### Title: The Prisoners Act, 1900: Section 8. Delivery of persons sentenced to transportation by High Court. ### Content: Where any person is sentenced by the High Court in the exercise of its original criminal jurisdiction to transportation 1*** the Court shall cause him to be delivered for intermediate custody to the Superintendent, and the transportation 1*** of such person shall be deemed to commence from such delivery. 1. The words "or penal servitude", omitted by Act 17 of 1949. s. 4.
### Title: The Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951: Section 24C. Recovery. ### Content: Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, if penalty imposed by the adjudicating officer under section 24A or order of the appellate authority under section 24B, as the case may be, is not deposited, the amount shall be recovered as an arrear of land revenue.
### Title: The Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951: Section 27. Omitted.. ### Content: [Cognizance of offences.]--Omitted by the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023 (18 of 2023), s. 2 and Schedule (w.e.f. 12-12-2023).
### Title: The Central Provinces Court of Wards Act, 1899: Section 24. Duties of Court of Wards or manager. ### Content: The Court of Wards, or the manager (if any) appointed by it under this Act, shall manage the property of every Government ward under its superintendence or under his management diligently and faithfully for the benefit of the Government ward, and shall in every respect act to the best of its or his judgment for the Government ward's interest as if the property were its or his own.
### Title: The Central Provinces Court of Wards Act, 1899: Section 29. Processes against Government ward to be served on next friend or guardian. ### Content: Every process which may be issued out of any Civil or Revenue Court against any Government ward shall be served on the Government ward's next friend or guardian for the suit.
### Title: The Central Provinces Court of Wards Act, 1899: Section 36. Withdrawal to be notified in Gazette. ### Content: Where the Court of Wards withdraw its superintendence from any person or property under this Act, the fact of such withdrawal shall be notified in the Local official Gazette.
### Title: The Prisoners Act, 1900: Section 6. Power for State Governments to appoint Superintendents of Presidency prisons. ### Content: The State Government may appoint officers who shall have authority to receive and detain prisoners committed to their custody under this part. Explanation.--Any officer so appointed, by whatever designation he may be styled, is hereinafter referred to as "the Superintendent".
### Title: The Works of Defence Act, 1903: Section 11. Application of certain sections of the Indian Penal Code. ### Content: Every person required to make or deliver a statement under section 9 or section 10 shall be deemed to be legally bound to do so within the meaning of sections 175 and 176 of the Indian Penal Code.
### Title: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 114.  Review. ### Content: Subject as aforesaid, any person considering himself aggrieved— (a) by a decree or order from which an appeal is allowed by this Code, but from which no appeal has been preferred. (b) by a decree or order from which no appeal is allowed by this Code, or (c) by a decision on a reference from a Court of Small Causes, may apply for a review of judgment to the Court which passed the decree or made the order, and the Court may make such order thereon as it thinks fit.
### Title: The Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisement) Act, 1954: Section 5.  Prohibition of advertisement of magic remedies for treatment of certain diseases and disorders. ### Content: No person carrying on or purporting to carry on the profession of administering magic remedies shall take any part in the publication of any advertisement referring to any magic remedy which directly or indirectly claims to be efficacious for any of the purposes specified in section 3.
### Title: The Indian Succession Act, 1925: Section 159.  Ademption pro tanto where stock, specifically bequeathed, exists in part only at testator's death. ### Content: Where stock which has been specifically bequeathed exists only in part at the testator's death, the legacy is adeemed so far as regards that part of the stock which has ceased to exist. Illustration A bequeaths to B his 10,000 rupees in the 51/2 per cent. loan of the Central Government. A sells one-half of his 10,000 rupees in the loan in question. One-half of the legacy is adeemed.
### Title: The Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State) Act, 1954: Section 30. Existing taxes to continue. ### Content: All taxes, duties, cesses and fees which immediately before the commencement of this Act were being lawfully levied in either of the existing States or any part thereof, shall continue to be levied in the same manner and to the same extent and to be applied for the same purposes until other provision is made by a competent legislature or authority.
### Title: The Road Transport Corporations Act, 1950: Section 16. General disqualification of all officers and servants. ### Content: No person who has directly or indirectly, by himself or his partner or agent, any share or interest in any contract, by or on behalf of a Corporation, or in any other road transport undertaking shall become or remain an 1[officer or other employee] of the Corporation. 1. Subs. by s. 16 and the Schedule, ibid., for "officer or servant" (w.e.f. 13-11-1982).
### Title: The Indian Succession Act, 1925: Section 250.  Administration limited to property in which person has beneficial interest. ### Content: Where a person dies, leaving property of which he was the sole or surviving trustee, or in which he had no beneficial interest on his own account, and leaves no general representative, or one who is unable or unwilling to act as such, letters of administration, limited to such property, may be granted to the beneficiary, or to some other person on his behalf.
### Title: The Indian Succession Act, 1925: Section 256.  Administration with exception. ### Content: Whenever the nature of the case requires that an exception be made, letters of administration shall be granted subject to such exception.
### Title: The Coffee Act, 1942: Section 6A. Consultation with the Board. ### Content: 1[6A. Consultation with the Board.--Before taking any action touching the affairs of the Board under this Act, the Central Government shall ordinarily consult the Board : Provided that no action taken by the Central Government shall be invalid or called in question merely on the ground that the action was taken without such consultation.] 1. Ins. by s. 8, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-8-1955).
### Title: The Indian Ports Act, 1908: Section 25. Warping. ### Content: (1) Every master of a vessel in any port subject to this Act shall, when required so to do by the conservator, permit warps or hawsers to be made fast to the vessel for the purpose of warping any other vessel in the port, and shall not allow any such warp or hawser to be let go until required so to do. (2) A master offending against sub-section (1) shall be punishable for every such offence with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.
### Title: The Navy Act, 1957: Section 10.  Commissions and appointments. ### Content: (1) Officers other than subordinate officers shall be appointed by commission granted by the President. (2) The grant of the commission shall be notified in the Official Gazette and such notification shall be conclusive proof of the grant of such commission. (3) Subordinate officers shall be appointed in such manner and shall hold such rank as may be prescribed.
### Title: The Indian Succession Act, 1925: Section 189.  When testator’s representatives may call upon legatee to elect. ### Content: If the legatee does not, within one year after the death of the testator, signify to the testator's representatives his intention to confirm or to dissent from the will, the representatives shall, upon the expiration of that period, require him to make his election; and; if he does not comply with such requisition within a reasonable time after he has received it, he shall be deemed to have elected to confirm the will.
### Title: The Payment of Wages Act, 1936: Section 12A.  Deductions for recovery of loans. ### Content: 2[12A. Deductions for recovery of loans.--Deductions for recovery of loans granted under clause (fff) of sub-section (2) of section 7 shall be subject to any rules made by 1[appropriate Government] regulating the extent to which such loans may be granted and the rate of interest payable thereon.] 1. Subs. by Act 41 of 2005, s. 3, for "the State Government" (w.e.f. 9-11-2005). 2. Ins. by Act 53 of 1964, s. 9 (w.e.f. 1-2-1965).
### Title: The Payment of Wages Act, 1936: Section 15.  Claims arising out of deductions from wages or delay in payment of wages and penalty for malicious or vexatious claims. ### Content: 1[(1) The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint-- (a) any Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation; or (b) any officer of the Central Government exercising functions as,-- (i) Regional Labour Commissioner; or (ii) Assistant Labour Commissioner with at least two years' experience; or (c) any officer of the State Government not below the rank of Assistant Labour Commissioner with at least two years' experience; or (d) a presiding officer of any Labour Court or Industrial Tribunal, constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) or under any corresponding law relating to the investigation and settlement of industrial disputes in force in the State; or (e) any other officer with experience as a Judge of a Civil Court or a Judicial Magistrate, as the authority to hear and decide for any specified area all claims arising out of deductions from the wages, or delay in payment of the wages, of persons employed or paid in that area, including all matters incidental to such claims: Provided that where the appropriate Government considers it necessary so to do, it may appoint more than one authority for any specified area and may, by general or special order, provide for the distribution or allocation of work to be performed by them under this Act.] (2) Where contrary to the provisions of this Act any deduction has been made from the wages of an employed person, or any payment of wages has been delayed, such person himself, or any legal practitioner or any official of a registered trade union authorised in writing to act on his behalf, or any Inspector under this Act, or any other person acting with the permission of the authority appointed under sub-section (1), may apply to such authority for a direction under sub-section (3): Provided that every such application shall be presented within 2[twelve months] from the date on which the deduction from the wages was made or from the date on which the payment of the wages was due to be made, as the case may be: Provided further that any application may be admitted after the said period of 2[twelve months] when the applicant satisfies the authority that he had sufficient cause for not making the application within such period. 3[(3) When any application under sub-section (2) is entertained, the authority shall hear the applicant and the employer or other person responsible for the payment of wages under section 3, or give them an opportunity of being heard, and, after such further enquiry, if any, as may be necessary, may, without prejudice to any other penalty to which such employer or other person is liable under this Act, direct the refund to the employed person of the amount deducted, or the payment of the delayed wages, together with the payment of such compensation as the authority may think fit, not exceeding ten times the amount deducted in the former case and not exceeding three thousand rupees but not less than one thousand five hundred rupees in the latter, and even if the amount deducted or delayed wages are paid before the disposal of the application, direct the payment of such compensation, as the authority may think fit, not exceeding two thousand rupees: Provided that a claim under this Act shall be disposed of as far as practicable within a period of three months from the date of registration of the claim by the authority: Provided further that the period of three months may be extended if both parties to the dispute agree for any bona fide reason to be recorded by the authority that the said period of three months may be extended to such period as may be necessary to dispose of the application in a just manner: Provided also that no direction for the payment of compensation shall be made in the case of delayed wages if the authority is satisfied that the delay was due to-- (a) a bona fide error or bona fide dispute as to the amount payable to the employed person; or (b) the occurrence of an emergency, or the existence of exceptional circumstances, the person responsible for the payment of the wages was unable, in spite of exercising reasonable diligence; or (c) the failure of the employed person to apply for or accept payment.] 4[(4) If the authority hearing an application under this section is satisfied-- (a) that the application was either malicious or vexatious, the authority may direct that a penalty 5[not exceeding three hundred seventy-five rupees] be paid to the employer or other person responsible for the payment of wages by the person presenting the application; or (b) that in any case in which compensation is directed to be paid under sub-section (3), the applicant ought not to have been compelled to seek redress under this section, the authority may direct that a penalty 5[not exceeding three hundred seventy-five rupees] be paid to 6[appropriate Government] by the employer or other person responsible for the payment of wages. (4A) Where there is any dispute as to the person or persons being the legal representative or representatives of the employer or of the employed person, the decision of the authority on such dispute shall be final. (4B) Any inquiry under this section shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193, 219 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).] (5) Any Amount directed to be paid under this section may be recovered-- (a) if the authority is a Magistrate, by the authority as if it were a fine imposed by him as Magistrate, and (b) if the authority is not a Magistrate, by the Magistrate to whom the authority makes application in this behalf, as if it were a fine imposed by such Magistrate. STATE AMENDMENT Karnataka Amendment of section 15.--In section 15 of the principal Act.-- (1) in sub-section (2), after the word, brackets and figure sub-section (3), the following shall be inserted, namely:-- "and in case of death of the employed person, it shall be lawful for his legal representatives to make and application for such direction"; (2) for sub-section (5), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-- "(5) Any amount directed to be paid under this section may be recovered by the authority as an arrear of land revenue and the authority shall for that purpose be deemed to be a public officer within the meaning of section 5 of the Revenue Recovery Act, 1890". [Vide Karnataka Act 2 of 1977, s. 5]. Insertion of new section 15A.--After section 15 of the Principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-- "15A. Liability for payment of court fees.--(1) In any proceedings under section 15, the applicant shall not be liable to pay any court fees (other than fees payable for the service of process) in respect of such proceedings: Provided that when the application is presented by an Inspector he shall not be liable to pay the process fees also. (2) Where the applicant succeeds in such proceedings, the authority hearing the application shall calculate the amount of court fees which would have been payable by the applicant but for sub-section (1) and direct the employer or other person responsible for the payment of wages under section 3 to pay such amount to the State Government. Such amount shall, without prejudice to any other mode of recovery be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue. (3) When an appeal is preferred under section 17 by a person making an application under section 15, the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2) shall mutatis mutandis apply with the modification that such person, not being an Inspector, shall pay court fees of an amount of five rupees, but that such amount shall be refunded to him in the event of his succeeding in the appeal." [Vide Karnataka Act 2 of 1977, s. 6]. STATE AMENDMENT KARNATAKA In section 15 for the words "Stipendiary Magistrate" the words "Judicial Magistrate" shall be substituted. [Vide Karnataka Act 13 of 1965, s. 67 and Schedule] Maharashtra Amendment of section 15 of Act IV of 1936.--In section 15 of the said Act,-- (a) in sub-section (1), for the words and figures beginning with the words "appoint any" and ending with the words "to be the authority", the words "appoint one or more persons to be the authority or authorities" shall be substituted; (b) after sub-section (1), insert the following sub-sections, namely:-- "(1A) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as an authority under this Act unless he is a Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation or any other officer with experience as a Judge of a Civil Court or as a stipendiary Judicial Magistrate or as a Judge of a Labour Court or as a judicial member of the Industrial Court constituted under the Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946 (XI of 1947), or as a stipendiary Judicial Magistrate. (IB) Where more than one person are appointed for any specified area as authorities under sub-section (1), the State Government may by general or special order make such arrangements as it thinks fit for the distribution of the work among the authorities so appointed."; (c) in sub-section (2).-- (i) after the words "to act on his behalf the words and figures" or a representative union registered as such under the Bombay Industrial Relations act, 1946 (Bom. XI of 1947), shall be inserted; (ii) after the word, brackets and figure "sub-section (3)" the following shall be inserted, namely:-- "and in case of death of the employed person, it shall be lawful for his legal representative to make an application for such direction"; (d) in sub-section (3),-- (i) for the words "refund to the employed person" the words "refund to the employed person of his legal representative, as the case may be," shall be substituted; (ii) after the words "twenty-five rupees in the latter" the following shall be inserted, namely:-- "and the authority may direct the payment of such compensation in cases, where the amount deducted or the delayed wages are paid by the employer to the employed person or his legal representative before he disposal for the application"; (iii) in the proviso, after the words "employed person", at both the places where they occur, the words "or his legal representative" shall be inserted; (e) after sub-section (5), the following shall be added, namely:-- "(6) Where a question arises as to whether any person is or is not a legal representative of the decreased employed person, such question shall be determined by the authority and the decision of the authority shall be final." [Vide Bombay Act XLVII of 1955, s. 3] Maharashtra.-- Deletion of section 15 (3A) from Act IV of 1936.--Sub-section (3-A) inserted in section 15 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (IV of 1936), by section 4 (4) of the Payment of Wages (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1953(Bom LXII of 1953), shall, in its application to the Bombay area of the State of Maharashtra, be deleted therefrom. [Vide Maharashtra Act XIII of 1961, s. 3] Amendment of section 15 of Act IV of 1936.--In section 15 of the Principal act, in sub-section (1A), for the portion beginning with the words "of a Labour Court" and ending with the words "Judicial Magistrate" the following shall be substituted, namely:-- "as a stipendiary Judicial Magistrate or as Judge of a Labour Court or as judicial member of the Industrial Court constituted under the Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946 (Bom. XIV of 1947), or as presiding officer of a Tribunal constituted under the Industrial Disputes, 1947 (XI of 1947)". [Vide Maharashtra Act XIII of 1961, s. 6] Amendment of section 15 of Act IV of 1953.--In section 15 of the said act,-- (1) in sub-section (1), after the words "Civil Court" the words and figures "or of a Labour Court constituted under the Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946 (Bom. XI of 1947), shall be inserted; (2) in sub-section (2), in both the proviso, for the words "six months" the words "one year" shall be substituted. (3) in sub-section (3), for the words "ten rupees" the words "twenty-five rupees" shall be substituted; (4) after sub-section (3) the following shall be inserted, namely:-- "(3A) Where at any stage of an application under sub-section (2) the authority, upon report made to it and after hearing such employer or other person is satisfied that it is necessary go to do in order that the satisfaction of any direction that may be given under sub-section (3) is not delayed or defeated, the authority may order the conditional attachment of the property which may be liable for the satisfaction of such direction, unless such employer or other person either deposits with the authority an adequate sum sufficient to satisfy the claim or given security for a like amount. An attachment made under the this sub-section shall have the same effect as if made by a competent Civil Court."; "(5) for sub-section (4), the following shall be substituted, namely:-- "(4) if the Authority hearing any application under this section is satisfied,-- (i) that the application was either malicious or vexatious, the authority may direct that a penalty not exceeding fifty rupees be paid to the employer or other person responsible for the payment of wages by the presenting the application ; or (ii) that, in any case in which compensation is directed to be paid under sub-section (3), the applicant ought not to have been compelled to seek redress under this section, the authority may direct that a penalty not exceeding fifty rupees to also paid by the employer or other person responsible for the payment of wages. The amount of such penalty when paid or recovered shall be credited to the State Government." [Vide Maharashtra Act LXII of 1953, s. 4] Insertion of new section 15A in Act IV of 1953.--After section 15 of the said Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-- "15A. Liability for payment of court-fees.(1) In any proceedings under section 15, the applicant shall not be liable to any court-fees (other than fees payable for service of process) in respect of such proceedings: Provided that when the application is presented by an Inspector he shall not be liable to pay the process fees also. (2) Where the applicant succeeds in such proceedings, the authority hearing the application shall calculate the amount of court-fees which would have been payable by the applicant but for sub-section (1) and direct the employer or other person responsible for the payment of wages under section 3 to pay such amount to the State Government, Such amount shall, without prejudice to any other mode of recovery, be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue." [Vide Maharashtra Act LXII of 1953, s. 5] Rajasthan Insertion of new section 15A, Central Act 4 of 1936.-After section 15 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (Central Act 4 of 1936), hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely- 15A. Liability for payment of court-fees.- (1) In any proceedings under section 15, the applicant shall not be liable to pay any court-fees (other than fees payable for service of 20 process) in respect of such proceedings; provided that when the application is presented by an Inspector, he shall not be liable to pay the process fees even. (2) Where the applicant succeeds in such proceedings, the authority hearing the application shall calculate the amount of court-fees which would have been payable by the applicant, but for sub-section (1), and direct the employer or other person responsible for the payment of wages under section 3, to pay such amount to the State Government. Such amount shall, without prejudice to any other mode of recovery, be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue. [Vide Rajasthan Act 13 of 1970, s. 2] Rajasthan Amendment of section 15, Central Act 4 of 1936.- In the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (Central Act 4 of 1936), in its application to the State of Rajasthan, in section 15, in sub-section (1), after the expression stipendiary Magistrate, the expression or a Vikas Adhikari appointed under the Rajasthan Panchayat Samiti And Zila Parishads Act, 1959 (Rajasthan Act 37 of 1959) shall be inserted. [Vide Rajasthan Act 11 of 1976, s. 2] 1. Subs. by Act 41 of 2005, s. 8, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 9-11-2005). 2. Subs. by Act 53 of 1964, s. 13, for "six months" (w.e.f. 1-2-1965). 3. Subs. by Act 41 of 2005, s. 8, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 9-11-2005). 4. Subs. by Act 53 of 1964, s. 13, for sub-section (4) (w.e.f. 1-2-1965). 5. Subs. by Act 41 of 2005, s. 8, for "not exceeding fifty rupees" (w.e.f. 9-11-2005). 6. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for "the State Government" (w.e.f. 9-11-2005).
### Title: The Insurance Act, 1938: Section 77. [Omitted.]. ### Content: [Registered office.] Omitted by s. 85, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-12-2014).
### Title: The Insurance Act, 1938: Section 90A. [Omitted.]. ### Content: [Application of Act to liquidators.] Omitted by s. 85, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-12-2014).
### Title: The Insurance Act, 1938: Section 93. [Omitted.]. ### Content: [Dissolution of provident society.] Omitted by s. 85, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-12-2014).
### Title: The Insurance Act, 1938: Section 98. [Omitted.]. ### Content: [Deposits to be made by Mutual Insurance Companies and Co-operative Life insurance Societies.] Omitted by s. 86, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-12-2014).
### Title: The Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act, 1948: Section 15. Mode of recovery. ### Content: If the amount of loan or any instalment thereof or interest thereon which is due, in accordance with the terms of the contract or under the provisions of section 14, has not been repaid, the Administration may,— (a) without prejudice to any other remedy provided by law, recover such loan, instalment or interest as arrears of land revenue, or (b) take charge of the business or industry of the borrower on such terms and conditions as it may deem fit.
### Title: The Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act, 1948: Section 19. Power of Central Government to give direction. ### Content: For the purposes of this Act, the Central Government may, from time to time, give to the Administration such general or special directions as it thinks fit, and the Administration shall, in the exercise of its functions under this Act, comply with any such directions.
### Title: The Indian Succession Act, 1925: Section 171.  Bequest of thing described in general terms. ### Content: If there is a bequest of something described in general terms, the executor must purchase for the legatee what may reasonably be considered to answer the description. Illustrations (i) A bequeaths to B a pair of carriage-horses or a diamond ring. The executor must provide the legatee with such articles if the state of the assets will allow it. (ii) A bequeaths to B "my pair of carriage-horses". A had no carriage horses at the time of his death. The legacy fails.
### Title: The Indian Succession Act, 1925: Section 339.  When annuity, to be paid quarterly or monthly, first falls due. ### Content: Where there is a direction that the annuity shall be paid quarterly or monthly, the first payment shall be due at the end of the first quarter or first month, as the case may be, after the testator's death; and shall, if the executor or administrator thinks fit, be paid when due, but the executor or administrator shall not be bound to pay it till the end of the year.
### Title: The Official Trusteers Act, 1913: Section 14.  Entry of Official Trustee not to constitute notice of a trust. ### Content: The entry of the Official Trustee by that name in the books of a company shall not constitute notice of a trust; and a company shall not be entitled to object to enter the name of the Official Trustee on its register by reason only that the Official Trustee is a corporation; and, in dealing with property, the fact that the person dealt with is the Official Trustee shall not of itself constitute notice of a trust.
### Title: The Sale of Goods Act, 1930: Section 6.  Existing or future goods. ### Content: (1) The goods which form the subject of a contract of sale may be either existing goods, owned or possessed by the seller, or future goods. (2) There may be a contract for the sale of goods the acquisition of which by the seller depends upon a contingency which may or may not happen. (3) Where by a contract of sale the seller purports to effect a present sale of future goods, the contract operates as an agreement to sell the goods.
### Title: The Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948: Section 5.  Conditions of service of members. ### Content: 1* * * * * * (2) The remuneration and other conditions of service of the members shall be such as may be prescribed. 1. Sub-section (1) omitted by Act 59 of 1957, s. 2.
### Title: The Indian Succession Act, 1925: Section 346.  Investment of residue bequeathed for life, with direction to invest in specified securities. ### Content: When the testator has bequeathed the residue of his estate of a person for life with a direction that it shall be invested in certain specified securities, so much of the estate as is not at the time of his death invested in securities of the specified kind shall be converted into money and invested in such securities.
### Title: The Indian Forest Act, 1927: Section 44.  All persons bound to aid in case of accident at depot. ### Content: In case of any accident or emergency involving danger to any property at any such depot, every person employed at such depot, whether by the 1[Government] or by any private person, shall render assistance to any Forest-officer or Police-officer demanding his aid in averting such danger or securing such property from damage or loss. 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Crown".
### Title: The Navy Act, 1957: Section 26.  Saving of rights and privileges under other laws. ### Content: The rights and privileges specified in the preceding sections of this Chapter shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other rights and privileges conferred on persons in the naval service while subject to naval law or on members of the regular Army, Navy and Air Force generally by any other law for the time being in force.
### Title: The Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948: Section 10.  Appointment of Advisory Committee. ### Content: Subject to any rules made under section 59 the Corporation may from time to time appoint one or more Advisory Committees for the purpose of securing the efficient discharge of the functions of the Corporation, and in particular for the purpose of securing that those functions are exercised with due regard to the circumstances and requirements of particular local areas.
### Title: The Army Act, 1950: Section 82.  Punishments in addition to those specified in section 80. ### Content: 1[The Chief of the Army Staff] may, with the consent of the Central Government, specify such other punishments as may be awarded under section 80 in addition to or without any of the punishments specified in the said section, and the extent to which such other punishments may be awarded. 1. Subs. by Act 19 of 1955, s. 2 and the Schedule, for "the Commander-in-Chief".
### Title: The Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948: Section 15.  Rates for supply of water for industrial and domestic purposes. ### Content: The Corporation may determine and levy rates for bulk supply and retail distribution of water for industrial and domestic purposes and specify the manner of recovery of such rates.
### Title: The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957: Section 459.  Repayment of half fees on settlement before hearing. ### Content: Whenever any application, appeal or reference made under this Act or any bye-law made thereunder to the court of the district judge is settled by agreement between the parties before the hearing, half the amount of all fees paid up to that time shall be repaid by the court to the parties by whom the same have respectively been paid.
### Title: The Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948: Section 13.  Provision for irrigation and water-supply. ### Content: The Corporation may, with the approval of the State Government concerned which shall not be unreasonably withheld, construct canals and distributaries and maintain and operate them: Provided that the State Government may, after giving notice and subject to the payment of fair compensation, take over the maintenance and operation of any such canal or distributary.
### Title: The Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948: Section 17.  Construction of dam, etc., prohibited except with the approval of the Corporation. ### Content: Save as otherwise prescribed, no person shall construct, operate or maintain in the Damodar Valley any dam or other work or any installation for the extraction of water without the consent of the Corporation.
### Title: The Factories Act, 1948: Section 120.  Repeal and savings. ### Content: The enactments set out in the Table appended to this section are hereby repealed: Provided that anything done under the said enactments which could have been done under this Act if it had then been in force shall be deemed to have been done under this Act. TABLE.--[Enactments repealed.] Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1950 (35 of 1950), s. 2 and the First Schedule (w.e.f. 10-4-1950.)
### Title: The Seaward Artillery Practice Act, 1949: Section 3A.  Power to delegate. ### Content: 1[3A. Power to delegate.--The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that the power to issue notification under section 3 shall, subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the notification, be exercisable also by such State Government as may be specified therein.] 1. Subs. by Act 3 of 1973, s. 2, for section 3 (w.e.f. 21-1-1978).
### Title: The Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956: Section 29. Power to remove offensive or dangerous trades from slum areas. ### Content: The competent authority may, by order in writing, direct any person carrying on any dangerous or offensive trade in a slum area to remove the trade from that area within such time as may be specified in the order: Provided that no order under this section shall be made unless the person carrying on the trade has been afforded a reasonable opportunity of showing cause as to why the order should not be made.
### Title: The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936.: Section 10.  Registration of divorces. ### Content: When a Court passes a decree for divorce, nullity or dissolution, the Court shall send a copy of the decree for registration to the Registrar of Marriages within its jurisdiction appointed under section 7; the Registrar shall enter the same in a register to be kept by him for the purpose, and the provisions of Part II applicable to the Registrars and registers of marriages shall be applicable, so far as may be, to the Registrars and registers of divorces and decrees of nullity and dissolution.
### Title: The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936.: Section 12.  Penalty for priest’s neglect of requirements of section 6. ### Content: Any priest neglecting to comply with any of the requisitions affecting him contained in section 6 shall, on conviction thereof, be punished for every such offence with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.
### Title: The University Grants Commission Act, 1956: Section 11.  Authentication of orders and other instruments of the Commission. ### Content: All orders and decisions of the Commission shall be authenticated by the signature of the Chairman or any other member authorised by the Commission in this behalf, and all other instruments issued by the Commission shall be authenticated by the signature of the Secretary or any other officer of the Commission authorised in like manner in this behalf.
### Title: The Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948: Section 57. Protection of action of action taken under the Act. ### Content: (1) No suit, prosecution, or legal proceeding shall lie against any person in the employment of the Corporation for anything which is in good faith done or purported to be done under this Act. (2) Save as otherwise provided in the Act no suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Corporation for any damage caused or likely to be caused by anything in good faith done or purported to be done under this Act.
### Title: The Dentists Act, 1948: Section 4.  Incorporation of Council. ### Content: The Council shall be a body corporate by the name of the Dental Council of India, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable, and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
### Title: The Aligarh Muslim University Act, 1920: Section 18. The Pro-Chancellor. ### Content: 1[18. The Pro-Chancellor. --2[(1) The Pro-Chancellor shall be elected by the Court in such manner and for such term as may be prescribed by the Statutes.] (2)The Pro-Chancellor shall, in the absence of the Chancellor, preside over the convocations of the University held for conferring degrees.] 1. Subs. by Act 34 of 1972, s. 14, for section 18 (w.e.f. 17-6-1972). 2. Subs by Act 62 of 1981, s. 8, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 10-2-1982).
### Title: The Calcutta High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction) Act, 1953: Section 2.  Extension of jurisdiction of Calcutta High Court to Chandernagore and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. ### Content: The jurisdiction of the High Court at Calcutta shall extend to Chandernagore and Andaman and Nicobar Islands and shall, as from the 2nd day of May, 1950, be deemed to have extended to Chandernagore, and the said High Court shall, for all purposes be deemed to be the High Court for Chandernagore and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
### Title: The Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act, 1950: Section 188. Power to transfer cases. ### Content: The collector may, on the application of a party, transfer an application pending before a subordinate revenue court or a case submitted to such court for confirmation of a decree or an order from such court to any other court of competent jurisdiction: Provided that if the collector refuses to transfer such application or case, he shall submit the record for confirmation of the order passed by him to the chief Commissioner.
### Title: The Coir Industry Act, 1953: Section 5.  Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate acts and proceedings. ### Content: No act or proceeding taken by the Board under this Act shall be questioned on the ground merely of-- (a) the existence of any vacancy in the Constitution of, the Board; or (b) any omission, defect or irregularity not affecting the merits of the case.
### Title: The Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act, 1950: Section 192. Transfer of cases by the district judge. ### Content: A district judge may, with the previous sanction of the Judicial Commissioner, transfer any case submitted to him for confirmation of an order or a decree to an additional district judge or to a subordinate judge, and such additional district judge or subordinate judge shall dispose of such case as if he had the powers of a district judge under this Act.
### Title: The Murshidabad Estate Administration Act, 1933: Section 22. Powers or supervision and control. ### Content: (1) Allorders or proceedings of the Manager in the exercise of his functions under this act shall be subject to the supervision and control of the Board of Revenue. (2) All orders or proceedings of the Board of Revenue under this Actshall be subject to the supervision and control of the State Government. (3) The supervising authority in each case may of its own motion review and if it thinks fit revise, modify or reverse any order of proceeding.
### Title: The Army Act, 1950: Section 190.  Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal. ### Content: (1) Where in addition to any other sentence the punishment of dismissal has been awarded by a court-martial, and such other sentence is suspended under section 182, then, such dismissal shall not take effect until so ordered by the authority or officer specified in section 182. (2) If such other sentence is remitted under section 186, the punishment of dismissal shall also be remitted.
### Title: The Census Act, 1948: Section 15A.  Protection of service interests of members of census staff. ### Content: 1 [15A. Protection of service interests of members of census staff.No member of the census staff shall suffer any disability in service by reason of his being on census duty and the period spent by him on such census duty shall be deemed to be the duty under his lending employer and any duty performed under this Act shall not in any manner affect the right of promotion or other advancement in his original service.] 1 . Ins. by Act 11 of 1994, s. 12.
### Title: The Coffee Act, 1942: Section 10. Dissolution of the Board. ### Content: When the Board is dissolved by reason of this Act having ceased to be in force, the unexpended balance of all money received by the Board under the Coffee Market Expansion Ordinance, 1940 (13 of 1940), or under this Act except money in the pool fund, shall be disposed of in such manner as the Central Government may direct. The Central Government shall disburse the money in the pool fund in the same manner as the Board would have done had it continued to exist.
### Title: The Army Act, 1950: Section 196.  [Omitted.]. ### Content: [Chapter XVI.] Omitted by the Army (Amendment) Act, 1992 (37 of 1982), s. 19 (w.e.f. 6-9-1992).
### Title: The Territorial Army Act, 1948: Section 6.  Persons eligible for enrolment. ### Content: 1[Any person who is a citizen of India] may offer himself for enrolment in the Territorial Army, and may, if he satisfies the prescribed conditions, be enrolled for such period and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed. 1. Subs.,ibid., for "Any person domiciled in India".
### Title: The Representation of the People Act, 1951: Section 23.  Returning officer to include assistant returning officers performing the functions of the returning officer. ### Content: References in this Act to the returning officer shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be deemed to include an assistant returning officer performing any function which he is authorised to perform under sub-section (2) of section 22.
### Title: The Mines Act, 1952: Section 85B. Signing of returns, notices, etc. ### Content: 1[85B.Signing of returns, notices, etc.--All returns and notices required to be furnished or given given or communications sent by or on behalf of the owner of a mine in connection with the provisions of this Act or any regulation, rule, bye-law or any order made thereunder to whom power in this behalf has been delegated by the owner by a power of attorney.] 1. Ins. by Act 42 of 1983, s. 48 (w.e.f. 31-5-1984).
### Title: The Victoria Memorial Act, 1903: Section 4. Officers and servants to be public servants. ### Content: Show Related Subordinates All Officers and servants employed by the Trustees shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860): Provided that this section shall not apply to persons in the service of any contractor employed by the Trustees. Rules YearDescriptionHindi DescriptionFiles(Eng)Files(Hindi)20-03-1903 Victoria Memorial Rules, 1972 26-03-1903 Victoria Memorial Rules, 26th March 1903
### Title: The Copyright Act, 1957: Section 16.  No copyright except as provided in this Act. ### Content: No person shall be entitled to copyright or any similar right in any work, whether published or unpublished, otherwise than under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act or of any other law for the time being in force, but nothing in this section shall be construed as abrogating any right or jurisdiction to restrain a breach of trust or confidence.
### Title: The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936.: Section 50.  Settlement of wife’s property for benefit of children. ### Content: In any case in which the Court shall pronounce a decree of divorce or judicial separation for adultery of the wife, if it shall be made to appear to the Court that the wife is entitled to any property either in possession or reversion, the Court may order such settlement as it shall think reasonable to be made of any part of such property, not exceeding one half thereof, for the benefit of the children of the marriage or any of them.
### Title: The Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948: Section 27.  Expenditure till the Corporation is established. ### Content: All expenditure incurred by the Central Government for and in connection with the establishment of the Corporation up to the date of its establishment shall be treated as the capital provided by the Central Government to the Corporation and such capital shall be adjusted between the participating Governments in accordance with the provisions of sections 30 to 36.
### Title: The Navy Act, 1957: Section 32.  Limit of certain deductions. ### Content: Except when the deductions are made under sub-sections (1), (2) and (4) of section 28 or sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 29, the total deductions from the pay and allowances of an officer or 1[sailor] shall not exceeded in any one month one-half of his pay and allowances for that month. 1. Subs. by Act 53 of 1974, s. 2, for "seaman" (w.e.f. 16-12-1974).
### Title: The Navy Act, 1957: Section 68. Violation of the Act, regulations and orders. ### Content: Every person subject to naval law who neglects to obey or contravenes any provisions of this Act or any regulation made under this Act or any general or local order, shall, unless other punishment is provided in this Act for such neglect or contravention, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or such other punishment as is hereinafter mentioned.
### Title: The Army Act, 1950: Section 60.  False evidence. ### Content: Any person subject to this Act who, having been duly sworn or affirmed before any court-martial or other court competent under this Act to administer an oath or affirmation, makes any statement which is false, and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true, shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.
### Title: The Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940: Section 33P.  Power to give directions. ### Content: 1[2[ 3[33P.] Power to give directions.--The Central Government may give such directions to any State Government as may appear to the Central Government to be necessary for carrying into execution in the State any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule or order made thereunder.]] 1 Subs. by Act 11 of 1955, s. 16, for s. 34. 2 Ins. by Act 35 of 1960, s. 11 (w.e.f. 16-3-1961). 3 S. 33A re-numbered as s. 33P by Act 13 of 1964, s. 27 (w.e.f. 15-9-1964)
### Title: The Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948: Section 32.  Expenditure on objects other than irrigation, power and flood control. ### Content: The Corporation shall have power to spend such sums as it thinks fit on objects authorised under this Act other than irrigation, power and flood control and such sums shall be treated as common expenditure payable out of the fund of the Corporation before allocation under section 32.
### Title: The Indian Ports Act, 1908: Section 23. Boiling pitch on board vessel within prohibited limits. ### Content: If any person boils or heats any pitch, tar, resin, dammer, turpentine, oil, or other such combustible matter on board any vessel within any such port, or at any place within its limits where such act is prohibited by the 1[Government], or contrary to the directions of the conservator, he and the master of the vessel shall for every such offence be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees each. 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Local Government".
### Title: The Coir Industry Act, 1953: Section 14.  Payment of proceeds of cess to the Board. ### Content: The proceeds of the cess levied under sub-section (1) of section 13 shall first be credited to the Consolidated Fund of India and the Central Government may thereafter from time to time pay to the Board from and out of such proceeds such sums of money as it may think fit after deducting the expenses of collection.
### Title: The Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948: Section 39. Interest charge and other expenses to be added to and receipts taken for reduction of capital cost. ### Content: For a period, not exceeding fifteen years, from the establishment of the Corporation, if the Corporation runs in deficit, the interest 28 charges and all other expenditure shall be added to the capital cost and all receipts shall be taken in reduction of such capital cost.
### Title: The Coffee Act, 1942: Section 6. Vesting of property in the Board. ### Content: So long as this Act remains in force all property, movable or immovable, of or belonging to the Indian Coffee Cess Committee shall vest in the Board and all debts and liabilities of the said Committee shall be transferred to the Board, and the officers and servants of the said Committee shall be officers and servants on the staff of the Board and the said Committee shall be suspended.
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 17.  Instrument executed in India. ### Content: All instruments chargeable with duty and executed by any person in 1[India] shall be stamped before or at the time of execution. STATE AMENDMENT Assam-- Amendment of section 17.--In the principal Act, in Section 17, after the existing provision, the following proviso shall be inserted namely:-- "Provided that nothing in this Section shall apply to the instrument in respect of which stamp duty has been paid under section 10-A." [Vide Assam Act 22 of 2004, s. 3] 1. Subs. by Act 43 of 1955, s. 2, for "the States" (w.e.f. 1-4-1956).
### Title: The Coffee Act, 1942: Section 18. Sale of coffee, how made. ### Content: No registered owner shall sell coffee unless either-- (a) it has been cured at or is delivered to the buyer through a curing establishment licensed under section 28, or (b) it is sold under and in accordance with the provisions of a licence procured from the Board under section 24.
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 8F. Agreement or document for transfer or assignment of rights or interest in financial assets not liable to stamp duty. ### Content: 1[8F. Agreement or document for transfer or assignment of rights or interest in financial assets not liable to stamp-duty.---Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, any agreement or other document for transfer or assignment of rights or interest in financial assets of banks or financial institutions under section 5 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002), in favour of any asset reconstruction company, as defined in clause (ba) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of that Act, shall not be liable to duty under this Act.] 1. Ins. by Act 44 of 2016, s. 43 and the First Schedule (w.e.f. 1-9-2016).
### Title: The Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948: Section 40. Provision for depreciation and reserve and other funds. ### Content: (1) The Corporation shall make provision for depreciation and for reserve and other funds at such rates and on such terms as may be specified by the Auditor-General of India in consultation with the Central Government. (2) The net profit for the purposes of section 37 shall be determined after such provision has been made.
### Title: The Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948: Section 42. . Borrowing of money ### Content: The Corporation may, with the approval of the Central Government, borrow money in the open market or otherwise for the purposes of carrying out its functions under this Act.
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 5. Instruments relating to several distinct matters. ### Content: Any instrument comprising or relating to several distinct matters shall be chargeable with the aggregate amount of the duties with which separate instruments, each comprising or relating to one of such matters, would be chargeable under this Act.
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 8C. Negotiable warehouse receipts not liable to stamp duty. ### Content: 1[8C. Negotiable warehouse receipts not liable to stamp-duty.--Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, negotiable warehouse receipts shall not be liable to stamp duty.] 1. Ins by Act 37 of 2007, s. 55 (w.e.f. 25-10-2010).
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 8A. Securities dealt in depository not liable to stamp-duty. ### Content: 1[8A. Securities dealt in depository not liable to stamp duty.---Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force,--- (a) an issuer, by the issue of securities to one or more depositories, shall, in respect of such issue, be chargeable with duty on the total amount of securities issued by it and such securities need not be stamped; (b) the transfer of registered ownership of securities from a person to a depository or from a depository to a beneficial owner shall not be liable to duty; Explanation.---For the purposes of this section, the expression "beneficial ownership" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Depositories Act, 1996 (22 of 1996)] 1. Subs. by Act 7 of 2019, s. 14, for section 8A (w.e.f. 1-4-2020).
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 8G. Strategic sale, disinvestment, etc., of immovable property by Government company not liable to stamp duty. ### Content: 1[8G. Strategic sale, disinvestment, etc., of immovable property by Government company not liable to stamp duty.—Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, any instrument for conveyance or transfer of a business or asset or right in any immovable property from a Government company, its subsidiary, unit or joint venture, (i) by way of strategic sale or disinvestment or demerger or any other scheme of arrangements or through any law, to another Government company or to the Central Government or any State Government or to the development financial institution established by any law made by Parliament; or (ii) which is to be wound up, closed, struck-off, liquidated or otherwise shut down, to another Government company or to the Central Government or any State Government, after approval of the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, shall not be liable to duty under this Act. Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, “Government company” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (45) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013).] 1. Ins. by Act 13 of 2021, s. 126 (w.e.f. 28-3-2021).
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 9B. Instruments chargeable with duty for transactions otherwise than through stock exchanges and depositories. ### Content: 1[9B. Instruments chargeable with duty for transactions otherwise than through stock exchanges and depositories.--Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act,-- (a) when any issue of securities is made by an issuer otherwise than through a stock exchange or depository, the stamp-duty on each such issue shall be payable by the issuer, at the place where its registered office is located, on the total market value of the securities so issued at the rate specified in Schedule I; (b) when any sale or transfer or reissue of securities for consideration is made otherwise than through a stock exchange or depository, the stamp-duty on each such sale or transfer or reissue shall be payable by the seller or transferor or issuer, as the case may be, on the consideration amount specified in such instrument at the rate specified in Schedule I.] 1. Ins. by Act 7 of 2019, s. 15 (w.e.f. 1-4-2020).
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 15. Instrument written contrary to section 13 or 14 deemed unstamped. ### Content: Every instrument written in contravention of section 13 or section 14 shall be deemed to be unstamped.
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 39. Collector's power to refund penalty paid under section 38, sub-section (1). ### Content: (1) When a copy of an instrument is sent to the Collector under section 38, sub-section (1), he may, if he thinks fit, 1*** refund any portion of the penalty in excess of five rupees which has been paid in respect of such instrument. (2) When such instrument has been impounded only because it has been written in contravention of section 13 or section 14, the Collector may refund the whole penalty so paid. 1. The words "upon application made to him in this behalf or, if no application is made, with the consent of the chief Controlling Revenue-authority" omitted by Act 4 of 1914, s. 2 and the Sch. Pt I.
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 14. Only one instrument to be on same stamps. ### Content: No second instrument chargeable with duty shall be written upon a piece of stamped paper upon which an instrument chargeable with duty has already been written: Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent any endorsement which is duly stamped or is not chargeable with duty being made upon any instrument for the purpose of transferring any right created or evidenced thereby, or of acknowledging the receipt of any money or goods the payment or delivery of which is secured thereby.
### Title: The Central Provinces Court of Wards Act, 1899: Section 14. Stay of proceedings of Civil Courts. ### Content: If a Civil Court has directed any process of execution to issue against any immoveable property of a Government ward or the rents thereof or any crops standing thereon, the Court of Wards may, at any time within one year after the issue of a notification under section 10, apply to the Civil Court to stay proceedings in the matter of such process, and the Civil Court may, on such terms regarding interest or compensation for delay as may appear to it to be just and reasonable, stay such proceedings accordingly.
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 7. Policies of sea-insurance. ### Content: 1 * * * ** (4) Where any sea-insurance is made for or upon a voyage and also for time, or to extend to or cover any time beyond thirty days after the ship shall have arrived at her destination and been there moored at anchor, the policy shall be charged with duty as a policy for or upon a voyage, and also with duty as a policy for time. 1. Sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) rep. by Act 11 of 1963, s. 92 (w.e.f. 1-8-1963).