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### Title: The Indian Ports Act, 1908: Section 22. Graving vessel within prohibited limits. ### Content: If any person graves, breams or smokes any vessel in any such port, contrary to the directions of the conservator, or at any time or within any limits at or within which such act is prohibited by the 1[Government], he and the master of the vessel shall for every such offence be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees each. 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Local Government".
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 3A. [Repealed.]. ### Content: [Instruments chargeable with additional duty.] Omitted by the Refugee Relief Taxes (Abolition) Act, 1973 (13 of 1973), s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-4-1973). Tripura.-- Substitution of section 3B.-- For section 3B of the principal Act, as inserted by the Union Territories Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1971, the following shall be substituted, namely: -- "3B. Instrument Chargeable with additional duty.--(1) Every instrument chargeable with duty under section 3, read with Schedule 1, not being an instrument mentioned articles Nos. 13, 14, 27, 37, 47, 49, 52, 53 or 62(a), shall, in addition to such duty, be chargeable with a duty of ten paise. (2) The additional duty with which any instrument is chargeable under sub-section (1) shall be paid and such payment shall be indicated on such instrument by means of adhesive stamp.". [Vide Tripura Act 5 of 1973, s. ]
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 4. Several instruments used in single transaction of sale, mortgage or settlement. ### Content: (1) Where, in the case of any sale, mortgage or settlement, several instruments are employed for completing the transaction, the principal instrument only shall be chargeable with the duty prescribed in Schedule I, for the conveyance, mortgage or settlement, and each of the other instruments shall be chargeable with a duty of one rupee instead of the duty (if any) prescribed for it in that Schedule. (2) The parties may determine for themselves which of the instrument so employed shall, for the purposes of sub-section (1), be deemed to be the principal instrument: Provided that the duty chargeable on the instrument so determined shall be the highest duty which would be chargeable in respect of any of the said instruments employed. 1[(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), in the case of any issue, sale or transfer of securities, the instrument on which stamp-duty is chargeable under section 9A shall be the principal instrument for the purpose of this section and no stamp-duty shall be charged on any other instruments relating to any such transaction.] STATE AMENDMENT Himachal Pradesh.-- Amendment of section 4.-- In sub-section (1) of section 4 of the said Act-- (a) for the word and figure "Schedule I" the word, figure and letter "Schedule I-A" shall be substituted, and (b) for the words one rupee, the words "two rupees" shall be substituted. [Vide Himachal Pradesh Act 4 of 1953, s. 4] Orissa.-- Amendment of section 4. --In section 4 of the Indian Act, 1899 (2 of 1899) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) in sub-section (1), for the words, "one rupee", and eight annas the words "ten rupees" shall be substituted. [Vide Orissa Act 1 of 2003, s. 2] Manipur Amendment of sections 4 and 6.-In sub-section (1) of section 4 and in the proviso to section 6 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 s application to the State of Manipur hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act the words "two rupees" wherever they occur, the words "two rupees and paise fifty" shall be substituted. [Vide Manipur Act 4 of 1989, s. 2] 1. Ins. by Act 7 of 2019, s. 13 (w.e.f. 1-4-2020).
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 8D. Agreement or document for assignment of receivables not liable to stamp duty. ### Content: 1[8D. Agreement or document for assignment of receivables 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 assignment of receivables as defined in clause (p) of section 2 of the Factoring Regulation Act, 2011 in favour of any factor as defined in clause (i) of section 2 of the said Act shall not be liable to duty under this Act or any other law for the time being in force.] 1. Ins. by Act 12 of 2012, s. 35 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-2-2012).
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 16. Denoting duty. ### Content: Where the duty with which an instrument is chargeable, or its exemption from duty, depends in any manner upon the duty actually paid in respect of another instrument, the payment of such last-mentioned duty shall, if application is made in writing to the Collector for that purpose, and on production of both the instruments, be denoted upon such first-mentioned instrument by endorsement under the hand of the Collector or in such other manner (if any) as the 1[State Government] may by rule prescribe. 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "collecting Government".
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 23A. Certain instruments connected with mortgages of marketable securities to be chargeable as agreements. ### Content: 1[23A. Certain instruments connected with mortgages of marketable securities to be chargeable as agreements. --(1) Where an instrument (not being a promissory note or bill of exchange)-- (a) is given upon the occasion of the deposit of any marketable security by way of security for money advanced or to be advanced by way of loan, or for an existing or future debt, or (b) makes redeemable or qualifies a duly stamped transfer, intended as a security, of any marketable security, it shall be chargeable with duty as if it were an agreement or memorandum of an agreement chargeable with duty under 2[Article No. 5 (c)] of Schedule I. (2) A release or discharge of any such instrument shall only be chargeable with the like duty.]. STATE AMENDMENT Himachal Pradesh-- Amendment of section 23-A.-- In sub-section (1) of section 23-A of the said Act, for the word and figure ‘Schedule-I’ the word, figure and letter “Schedule I-A” shall be substituted. [Vide Himachal Pradesh Act 4 of 1953, s. 8] 1. Ins. by Act 15 of 1904, s. 3. 2. Subs. by Act 1 of 1912, s. 3, for "Article No. 5(b)".
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 77. Saving as to court-fees. ### Content: Nothing in this Act contained shall be deemed to affect the duties chargeable under any enactment for the time being in force relating to court-fee. STATE AMENDMENT Himachal Pradesh.-- At the beginning of section 77 of the said Act the following words shall be inserted, namely:-- "Except for the provisions as to copies contained in section 6-A". [Vide Himachal Pradesh Act 4 of 1953, s. 11] STATE AMENDMENT Orissa.-- Section 77-A, Act 2 of 1899.–--After section 77 of the principal Act the following new section shall be inserted, namely:-- 77-A. Fractions of five naye paise to be rounded off.-- In the determination of the amount of duly payable or of allowance to be made under this Act, any fraction of five naye paise shall be rounded off to the next higher five naye paise. [Vide Orissa Act 35 of 1962, s. 3]
### Title: The Prisoners Act, 1900: Section 9. Delivery of persons committed by High Court in execution of a decree or for contempt. ### Content: Where any person is committed by the High Court, whether in execution of a decree or for contempt of Court or for any other cause, the Court shall cause him to be delivered to the Superintendent, together with its warrant of commitment.
### Title: The Prisoners Act, 1900: Section 14. References in this Part to prisons, etc., to be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools. ### Content: In this Part all references to prisons or to imprisonment or confinement shall be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools or to detention therein.
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 71. Jurisdiction of Magistrates. ### Content: No Magistrate other than a Presidency Magistrate or a Magistrate whose powers are not less than those of a Magistrate of the second class, shall try any offence under this Act.
### Title: The Prisoners Act, 1900: Section 16. Warrant of officer of such Court to be sufficient authority. ### Content: A warrant under the official signature of an officer of such Court or tribunal as is referred to in section 15 shall be sufficient authority for holding any person in confinement, or for sending any person for transportation, in pursuance of the sentence passed upon him.
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 72. Place of trial. ### Content: Every such offence committed in respect of any instrument may be tried in any district or presidency-town in which such instrument is found, as well as in any district or presidencytown in which such offence might be tried under the Code of Criminal Procedure for the time being in force.
### Title: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 74. Powers to make rules relating to sale of stamps. ### Content: The 1[State Government] 2*** may make rules for regulating (a) the supply and sale of stamps an stamped papers, (b) the persons by whom alone such sale is to be conducted, and (c) the duties and remuneration of such persons: Provided that such rules shall not restrict the sale of 3[ten naye paise or five naya paise] adhesive stamps. 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "collecting Government." 2. The words Subject to the "Control of the G.G. in C" omitted by the A.O.1937. 3. Subs. by Act 19 of 1958 s. 10, for "one anna or half an anna" (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
### Title: The Prisoners Act, 1900: Section 21. [Omitted.]. ### Content: [Power to grant license to person sentenced to penal servitude.] Omitted by s. 4, ibid.
### Title: The Central Provinces Court of Wards Act, 1899: Section 35. Appointment of guardian in certain cases. ### Content: (1) Where, in exercise of the power conferred by section 34, the Court of Wards decides to withdraw its superintendence from the person and property of any minor, it shall, before such withdrawal, by an order in writing, appoint some person to be guardian of the person or property, or both, of the minor, and such appointment shall take effect from the date of such release. (2) In appointing a guardian under this section, the Court of Wards shall be guided by the provisions of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (VIII of 1890); and every guardian so appointed shall have, and be subject to, the same rights, duties and liabilities as if he had been appointed under that Act.
### Title: The Central Provinces Court of Wards Act, 1899: Section 20. Power for Court of Wards to appoint guardians of certain Government wards. ### Content: The Court of Wards may appoint guardians for the care of the persons of Government wards whose persons are, for the time being, under its superintendence.
### Title: The Central Provinces Court of Wards Act, 1899: Section 31. Disabilities of a Government ward. ### Content: (1) A Government ward shall be incompetent to transfer or create any charge on, or interest in, his property or any part thereof (except such interest as may be created by a will made in accordance with section 32), or to enter into any contract which may involve him in pecuniary liability; and no suit shall be brought in any Civil Court whereby to charge any person upon any promise made after he has ceased to be a Government ward to pay any debt contracted during the period when he was a Government ward, or upon any ratification made after he has ceased to be a Government ward of any promise or contract made during the period aforesaid, whether there is or is not any new consideration for such promise or ratification. (2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the capacity of a Government ward to enter into a contract of marriage: Provided that a Government ward shall not incur, in connection with such a contract, any pecuniary liability, except such as, having regard to the personal law to which he is subject and to his rank and circumstances, the Court of Wards may, in writing, declare to be reasonable.
### Title: The Prisoners Act, 1900: Section 28. References in this Part to prisons, etc., to be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools. ### Content: In this Part, all references to prisons or to imprisonment or confinement shall be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools or to detention therein.
### Title: The Prisoners Act, 1900: Section 53. Repealed.. ### Content: Repeals.] Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (10 of 1914), s. 3 and the Second Schedule.
### Title: The Indian Tolls (Army and Air Force) Act, 1901: Section 3. Exemptions from tolls. ### Content: The following persons and property, namely :-- 1[(a) all officers, soldiers and airmen of-- (i) 2[the Regular Forces] (ii) any Irregular Corps. 3*** 4* * * * * (b) all members of 5[the Territorial Army or of the National Cadet Corps,] when on duty or when proceeding to or returning from duty, (c) all officers, soldiers and airmen of the Indian Reserve Forces when proceeding from their place of residence on being called out for service, training, or muster or when proceeding back to their place of residence after such service, training or muster, (d) all authorised followers of-- (i) 2[the Regular Forces] 6[(ii) the Territorial Army or the National Cadet Corps,] (iii) any Irregular Corps. 7*** 8* * * * * (e) all members of the families of officers, soldiers, airmen or authorised followers of-- (i) 2[the Regular Forces] or (ii) any Irregular Corps, when accompanying anybody of troops, or any officer, soldier, airman or authorised follower thereof on duty or on the march, (f) all prisoners under military or air force escort, (g) the carriages, horses, and baggage, and the persons (if any) employed in driving the carriages or in carrying the baggage, of any persons exempted under any of the foregoing clauses, when such carriages, horses, baggage, or persons accompanying the persons so exempted under the circumstances mentioned in those clauses respectively] 9[(h)] all carriages and horses belonging to Government or employed 10[in the Indian] military 11[or air-force] service and all persons in charge of or accompanying the same, when conveying any such persons as hereinbefore in this section mentioned or when conveying baggage or stores, or when returning, unladen from conveying such persons, baggage or stores, 9[(i)] all carriages and horses, when moving under the orders of military 11 [or air-force) authority for the purpose of being employed 10[in the Indian] military 11[or air-force] service. 9[(j) all animals accompanying any body of troops which are intended to be slaughtered for food or kept for any purpose connected with the provisioning of such troops, and 9[(k) all persons in charge of any carriage, horse or animal exempted under any of the foregoing clauses when accompanying the same under the circumstances mentioned in those clauses respectively, shall be exempted from payment of any tolls-- (i) on embarking or disembarking, or on being shipped or landed, from or upon any landingplace, or (ii) in passing along or over any turnpike or other road or bridge, or (iii) on being carried by means of any ferry, otherwise demandable by virtue of any Act, Ordinance, Regulation, order or direction of any legislature or other public authority in 12India:] Provided that nothing in this section shall exempt any boats, barges or other vessels employed in conveying the said persons or property along any canal from payment of tolls in like manner as other boats, barges and vessels. 13[Explanation.--The persons or property exempted under clauses (d), (e) (g) and (j) shall be deemed to accompany the Forces, troops, persons or property concerned, when the move of the former is the direct result of, or is connected with the move of the latter, irrespective of the interval of space and time between the two moves.] 1. Subs. by Act 14 of 1942, s. 4, for clauses (a) to (h). 2. Subs. by the A.O.1950 for "His Majestys Regular Forces". 3. The word "or" in sub-clause (ii) omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order 1956. 4. Sub-clause (iii) omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order 1956. 5. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and "the Schedule, for the Auxiliary Force (India) or of the Indian Territorial Force". 6. Subs. by s. 3 and the Schedule, ibid., for the former sub-clause (a). 7. The word "or" in sub-clause (iii) omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order 1956. 8 . Sub-clause (iv) omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order 1956. 9. Clauses (i), (j), (k) and (l) relettered (h), (i), (j) and (k) respectively by Act 14 of 1942. s. 4. 10. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "in His Majestys". 11. Ins. by Act 10 of 1927, s. 2 and the First Schedule. 12. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule, for "a Part A State or a Part C State". 13. Added by Act 14 of 1942, s. 4.
### Title: The Prisoners Act, 1900: Section 25. [Omitted.]. ### Content: [Licensee when arrested to be brought up for recommitment.] Omitted by s. 4, ibid
### Title: The Prisoners Act, 1900: Section 36. Repealed.. ### Content: [District Judge in certain cases to countersign orders made under section 35.] Repealed by s. 10, ibid.
### Title: The Indian Tolls (Army and Air Force) Act, 1901: Section 6. Compensation. ### Content: (1) If any owner or lessee, or any Company, railway administration or local authority claims compensation for any loss alleged to have been incurred Owing to the operation of this Act, the claim shall he submitted to the 1[Central Government]. (2) On receiving any such claim, the 1[Central Government] 3*** shall pass such order thereon as justice requires, and shall give all necessary directions for the purpose of ascertaining the fact of the case and of assessing the compensation, if any, to be paid. 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "L. G.". 2. The words "subject to the control of the G. G. in C." omitted, ibid.
### Title: The Works of Defence Act, 1903: Section 16. Matters to be considered and neglected. ### Content: In determining the amount of compensation, the Collector shall be guided by the provisions contained in sections 23 and 24.
### Title: The Works of Defence Act, 1903: Section 14. Adjournment of inquiry. ### Content: The Collector may, for any cause he thinks fit, from time to time adjourn the inquiry to a day to be fixed by him.
### Title: The Prisoners Act, 1900: Section 32. Appointment of places for confinement of persons under sentence of transportation and removal thereto. ### Content: 1 [(1)] The 2 [State Government] may appoint places within 3 [the State] to which persons under sentence of transportation shall be sent; and the 2 [State Government], or some officer duly authorised in this behalf by the 2 [State Government], shall give orders for the removal of such persons to the places so appointed, except when sentence of transportation is passed on a person already undergoing transportation under a sentence previously passed for another offence. 4 [(2) In any case in which the State Government is competent under sub-section (1) to appoint places within the States and to order the removal thereto of persons under sentence of transportation, the State Government may appoint such places in any other State by agreement with State Government of that State, and may by like agreement give orders or duly authorise some officer to give orders for the removal thereto of such persons.] 1. Section 32 was re-numbered as sub-section (1) of that section by Act 38 of 1920, s. 2 and the First Schedule. 2. Subs. by s. 2, and the First Schedule, Pt. I, ibid., for G.G. in C. 3. Subs. by s. 2 and the First Schedule, Pt. I, ibid., for "British India". 4. Ins. by s. 2 and the First Schedule, ibid.
### Title: The Works of Defence Act, 1903: Section 30. Dispute as to apportionment. ### Content: When the amount of compensation has been settled under section 12, if any dispute arises as to the apportionment of the same or any part thereof, or as to the persons to whom the same or any part thereof is payable, the Collector may refer such dispute to the decision of the Court.
### Title: The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904: Section 12. Voluntary contributions. ### Content: The Commissioner may receive voluntary contributions towards the cost of maintaining a protected monument and may give orders as to the management and application of any funds so received by him: Provided that no contribution received under this section shall he applied to any purpose other than the purpose for which it was contributed.
### Title: The Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act, 1954: Section 7. Application of Act to books and newspapers published by Government. ### Content: 1[7. Application of Act to books and newspapers published by Government.--This Act shall also apply to books and newspapers published by or under the authority of the Government but shall not apply to books meant for official use only.] 1. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for section 7 (w.e.f. 29-12-1956).
### Title: The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904: Section 13. Protection of place of worship from misuse, pollution or desecration. ### Content: (1) A place of worship or shrine maintained by the Government under this Act shall not be used for any purpose inconsistent with its character. (2) Where the Collector has, under section 4, purchased or taken a lease of any protected monument, or has accepted a gift or bequest, or the Commissioner has, under the same section, accepted the guardianship thereof, and such monument, or any part thereof, is periodically used for religious worship or observances by any community, the Collector shall make due provision for the protection of such monument or such part thereof, from pollution or desecration-- (a) by prohibiting the entry therein, except n accordance with conditions prescribed with the concurrence of the persons in religious charge of the said monument or part thereof, of any person not entitled so to enter by the religious usages of the community by which the monument or part thereof is used, or (b) by taking such other action as he may think necessary in this behalf.
### Title: The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904: Section 8. Purchasers at certain sales and persons claiming through owner bound by instrument executed by owner. ### Content: Every person who purchases, at a sale for arrears of land-revenue or any other public demand, or at a sale made under the Bengal Patni Taluks Regulation, 1819, (Ben. Reg. 8 of 1819) an estate or tenure in which is situated a monument in respect of which any instrument has been executed by the owner for the time being, under section 4 or section 5 and every person claiming any title to a monument from, through or under an owner who executed any such instrument, shall be bound by such instrument.
### Title: The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904: Section 6. Owners under disability or not in possession. ### Content: (1) If the owner is unable, by reason of infancy or other disability, to act for himself, the person legally competent to act on his behalf may exercise the powers conferred upon an owner by section 5. (2) In the case of village-property, the headman or other village-officer exercising powers of management over such property may exercise the powers conferred upon an owner by section 5. (3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to empower any person not being of the same religion as the persons on whose behalf he is acting to make or execute an agreement relating to a protected monument which or any part of which is periodically used for the religious worship or observances of that religion.
### Title: The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904: Section 15. Right of access to certain protected monuments. ### Content: (1) Subject to such rules as may after previous publication be made by 2[the Central Government], the public shall have a nut right of access to any monument maintained by 2[the Central Government] under this Act. (2) In making any rule under sub-section (1) 1[the Central Government] may provide that a breach of it shall be punishable with fine which may extend to twenty rupees. 1. Subs. by the A.O.1937, for "the L.G.". 2. Subs., ibid., for "Govt.".
### Title: The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904: Section 16. Penalties. ### Content: Any person other than the owner who destroys, removes, injures, alters, defaces or imperils a protected monument, and any owner who destroys, removes, injures, alters, defaces or imperils a monument maintained by 1[the Central Government] under this Act or in respect of which an agreement has been executed under section 5, and any owner or occupier who contravenes an order made under section 7, sub-section (1), shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with both. 1. Subs., ibid., for "Govt.".
### Title: The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904: Section 20A. Power to enter upon and make excavations in a protected area. ### Content: (1) Any officer of the Archeological Department or any person holding a licence under section 20B may, with the written permission of the Collector enter upon and make excavations in any, protected area. (2) Where, in the exercise of the power conferred by sub-section (1), the rights of any person are infringed by the occupation or disturbance of the surface of any land, 1[the Central Government] shall pay to that person compensation for the infringement. 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "the Govt.".
### Title: The Indian Ports Act, 1908: Section 55. Offences how triable, and penalties how recovered. ### Content: All offences against this Act shall be triable by a Magistrate, and any Magistrate may, by warrant under his hand, cause the amount of any fine imposed upon the owner or master of any vessel, for any offence committed on board of the vessel or in the management thereof or otherwise in relation thereto, whereof the owner or master is convicted, to be levied by distress and sale of the vessel, and the tackle, apparel and furniture thereof, or so much thereof as is necessary.
### Title: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 22.  Power to transfer suits which may be instituted in more than one Court. ### Content: Where a suit may be instituted in any one of two or more Courts and is instituted in one of such Courts, any defendant, after notice to the other parties, may, at the earliest possible opportunity and in all cases where issues are settled at or before such settlement, apply to have the suit transferred to another Court, and the Court to which such application is made, after considering the objections of the other parties (if any), shall determine in which of the several Courts having jurisdiction the suit shall proceed.
### Title: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 1.  Short title, commencement and extent. ### Content: (1)This Act may be cited as the Code of Civil Procedure,1908. (2) It shall come into force on the first day of January, 1909. 1[(3) It extends to the whole of India except-- 2* * * * * (b) the State of Nagaland and the tribal areas : Provided that the State Government concerned may, by notification in the Official Gazette, extend the provisions of this Code or any of them to the whole or part of the State of Nagaland or such tribal areas, as the case may be, with such supplemental, incidental or consequential modifications as may be specified in the notification. Explanation.-- In this clause, "tribal areas" means the territories which, immediately before the 21st day of January, 1972, were included in the tribal areas of Assam as referred to in paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution. (4)In relation to the Amindivi Islands, and the East Godavari, West Godavari and Visakhapatnam Agencies in the State of Andhra Pradesh and the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, the application of this Code shall be without prejudice to the application of any rule or regulation for the time being in force in such Islands, Agencies or such Union Territory, as the case may be, relating to the application of this Code.] 1. Subs. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 2, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 2. Clause (a) omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).
### Title: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 71.  [Repealed.]. ### Content: [Jurisdiction of Civil Courts barred.]— Rep. by s. 7 ibid.
### Title: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 69.  [Repealed.]. ### Content: [Provisions of Third Schedule to apply.]— Rep. by s. 7 ibid. @/@
### Title: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 57.  Subsistence-allowance. ### Content: The State Government may fix scales, graduated according to rank, race and nationality, of monthly allowances payable for the subsistence of judgment-debtors.
### Title: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 68.  [Repealed.]. ### Content: [Power to prescribe rules for transferring to collector execution of certain decrees.] — Rep. by the Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1956 (66 of 1956), s. 7.
### Title: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 105.  Other orders. ### Content: (1) Save as otherwise expressly provided, no appeal shall lie from any order made by a Court in the exercise of its original or appellate jurisdiction; but where a decree is appealed from, any error, defect or irregularity in any order, affecting the decision of the case, may be set forth as a ground of objection in the memorandum of appeal. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where any party aggrieved by an order of remand 1 *** from which an appeals lies does not appeal therefrom, he shall thereafter be precluded from disputing its correctness. 1. Words “made after the commencement of this Code” omitted by Act 104 of 1976, s. 42, (w.e.f. 1-2-1977)..
### Title: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 119.  Unauthorised persons not to address Court. ### Content: Nothing in this Code shall be deemed to authorize any person on behalf of another to address the Court in the exercise of its original civil jurisdiction, or to examine witnesses, except where the Court shall have in the exercise of the power conferred by its charter authorized him so to do, or to interfere with the power of the High Court to make rules concerning advocates, vakils and attorneys.
### Title: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 141.  Miscellaneous proceedings. ### Content: The procedure provided in this Code in regard to suits shall be followed, as far as it can be made applicable, in all proceedings in any Court of civil jurisdiction. 1[Explanation.— In this section, the expression "proceedings" includes proceedings under Order IX, but does not include anyproceedings under article 226 of the Constitution.] 1. Ins. by, s. 47, ibid. (w.e.f 1-2-1977).
### Title: The Central Provinces Financial Commissioner's Act, 1908: Section 5. Amendment of sections 17 and 25 Act XVIII, 1881. ### Content: In sections 17 and 25 of the said Act, after the words “Chief Commissioner”, wherever they occur, the words “or the Financial Commissioner” shall be added.
### Title: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 149.  Power to make up deficiency of court-fees. ### Content: Where the whole or any part of any fee prescribed for any document by the law for the time being in force relating to court-fees has not been paid, the Court may, in its discretion, at any stage, allow the person, by whom such fee is payable, to pay the whole or part, as the case may be, of such court-fee; and upon such payment the document, in respect of which fee is payable, shall have the same force and effect as if such fee had been paid in the first instance.
### Title: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 153B.  Place of trial to be deemed to be open Court. ### Content: The place in which any Civil Court is held for the purpose of trying any suit shall be deemed to be an open Court, to which the public generally may have access so far as the same can conveniently contain them: Provided that the presiding Judge may, if he thinks fit, order at any stage of any inquiry into or trial of any particular case, that the public generally, or any particular person, shall not have access to, or be or remain in, the room or building used by the Court.]
### Title: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 158.  Reference to Code of Civil Procedure and other repealed enactments. ### Content: In every enactment or notification passed or issued before the commencement of this Code in which reference is made to or to any Chapter or section of Act VIII of 1859 or any Code of Civil Procedure or any Act amending the same or any other enactment hereby repealed, such reference shall, so far as may be practicable, ben to be made to this Code or to its corresponding Part, Order, section or rule.
### Title: The Indian Ports Act, 1908: Section 31. Moving of vessels without pilot or permission of harbour-master. ### Content: (1) No vessel of the measurement of two hundred tons or upwards shall enter, leave or be moved in any port to which this section has been specially extended without having a pilot, harbour-master or assistant of the port-officer or harbour-master on board; 1[and no mechanically propelled vessel of any measurement less than two hundred tons and no other vessel of any measurement less than two hundred tons] and exceeding one hundred tons shall enter, leave or be moved in any such port without having a pilot, harbour-master or assistant of the port-officer or harbour-master on board, unless authority in writing so to do has been obtained from the conservator or some officer empowered by him to give such authority. 2[Provided that the 3[Government] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that in any port specified in such notification the provisions of this sub-section shall not apply to sailing vessels of any measurement not exceeding a measurement so specified.] 4[(2) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1), the owner or master of a vessel which is by that sub-section required to have a pilot, harbour-master or assistant of the port-officer or harbourmaster on board, shall be answerable for- any loss or damage caused by the vessel or by any fault of the navigation of the vessel, in the same manner as he would have been if he had not been so required by that sub-section: Provided that the provisions of this sub-section shall not take effect till the first day of January, 1918, or such earlier date as the Central Government may notify in that behalf in the Official Gazette.] 5[(3)] If any vessel, except in case of urgent necessity, enters, leaves or is moved in the port contrary to the provisions of sub-section (1), the master of the vessel shall for every such offence be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, unless upon application to the proper officer the master was unable to procure a pilot, harbour-master or assistant of the port-officer or harbour-master to go on board the vessel. 6* * * * * 1. Subs. by Act 55 of 1952, s. 3, for certain words. 2. Ins. by Act 36 of 1925, s. 2. 3. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Governor-General in Council". 4. Ins. by Act 6 of 1916, s. 5. 5. Sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) re-numbered as sub-sections (3), (4) and (5) respectively by s. 5, ibid. 6. Sub-sections (4) and (5), as re-numbered by Act 6 of 1916, s. 5, omitted by Act 36 of 1925, s. 2.
### Title: The Indian Ports Act, 1908: Section 68C. Application of certain provisions of the Act to aircraft. ### Content: 1[68C. Application of certain provisions of the Act to aircraft.--(1) The provisions of sections 6, 13 to 16 (both inclusive), 18, 21 and 28, sub-section (2) of section 31 and sections 33, 34, 35, 39, 42 to 48 (both inclusive) and 55 shall apply in relation to all aircraft making use of any port subject to this Act, while on water as they apply in relation to vessels. (2) No such aircraft shall enter or leave any port subject to this Act, except with the permission granted by the Conservator of the Port or by such other officer as may be authorized in this behalf by the Conservator.] 1. Ins. by Act 35 of 1951, s. 192.
### Title: The Indian Ports Act, 1908: Section 53. Penalty on pilot disobeying provisions of this Chapter. ### Content: Any pilot incharge of a vessel who disobeys, or abets disobedience to, any of the provisions of this Chapter, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees for each instance of such disobedience or abetment, and, in addition, shall be liable to have his authority to act as a pilot withdrawn.
### Title: The Indian Ports Act, 1908: Section 54. Penalty for disobedience to rules and orders of the Government. ### Content: If any person disobeys any rule or order which a 1[Government] has made in pursuance of this Act and for the punishment of disobedience to which express provision has not been made elsewhere in this Act, he shall be punishable for every such offence with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees. 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Local Government".
### Title: The Registration Act, 1908: Section 14. Establishments of registering officers. ### Content: 2*** (2) The 1[State Government] may allow proper establishments for the several offices under this Act. 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government" 2. Sub-section (1) rep., ibid.,
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 62. Disclaimer of onerous property. ### Content:
### Title: The Registration Act, 1908: Section 11. Absence of Registrar on duty in his district. ### Content: When any Registrar is absent from his office on duty in his district, he may appoint any Sub-Registrar or other person in his district to perform, during such absence, all the duties of a Registrar except those mentioned in sections 68 and 72.
### Title: The Indian Ports Act, 1908: Section 68. Publication of orders of Government. ### Content: Every declaration, order and rule of a 1[Government] made in pursuance of this Act shall be published in the Official Gazette, and a copy thereof shall be kept in the office of the conservator and at the custom-house, if any, of every port to which the declaration, order or rule relates, and shall there be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of any person without payment of any fee. 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Local Government".
### Title: The Registration Act, 1908: Section 17. Documents of which registration is compulsory. ### Content: (1) The following documents shall be registered, if the property to which they relate is situate in a district in which, and if they have been executed on or after the date on which, Act No. XVI of 1864, or the Indian Registration Act, 1866, or the Indian Registration Act, 1871, or the Indian Registration Act, 1877, or this Act came or comes into force, namely:-- (a) instruments of gift of immovable property; (b) other non-testamentary instruments which purport or operate to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future, any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of the value of one hundred rupees and upwards, to or in immovable property; (c) non-testamentary instruments which acknowledge the receipt or payment of any consideration on account of the creation, declaration, assignment, limitation or extinction of any such right, title or interest; and (d) leases of immovable property from year to year, or for any term exceeding one year, or reserving a yearly rent; 1[(e) non-testamentary instruments transferring or assigning any decree or order of a Court or any award when such decree or order or award purports or operates to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future, any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of the value of one hundred rupees and upwards, to or in immovable property:] Provided that the 2[State Government] may, by order published in the 3[Official Gazette], exempt from the operation of this sub-section any lease executed in any district, or part of a district, the terms granted by which do not exceed five years and the annual rents reserved by which do not exceed fifty rupees. 4[(1A) The documents containing contracts to transfer for consideration, any immovable property for the purpose of section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (4 of 1882) shall be registered if they have been executed on or after the commencement of the Registration and Other Related laws (Amendment) Act, 2001 (48 of 2001) and if such documents are not registered on or after such commencement, then, they shall have no effect for the purposes of the said section 53A.] (2) Nothing in clauses (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) applies to-- (i) any composition deed; or (ii) any instrument relating to shares in a joint stock Company, notwithstanding that the assets of such Company consist in whole or in part of immovable property; or (iii) any debenture issued by any such Company and not creating, declaring, assigning, limiting or extinguishing any right, title or interest, to or in immovable property except in so far as it entitles the holder to the security afforded by a registered instrument whereby the Company has mortgaged, conveyed or otherwise transferred the whole or part of its immovable property or any interest therein to trustees upon trust for the benefit of the holders of such debentures; or (iv) any endorsement upon or transfer of any debenture issued by any such Company; or (v) 5[any document other than the documents specified in sub-section (1A)] not itself creating, declaring, assigning, limiting or extinguishing any right, title or interest of the value of one hundred rupees and upwards to or in immovable property, but merely creating a right to obtain another document which will, when executed, create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish any such right, title or interest; or (vi) any decree or order of a Court 6[except a decree or order expressed to be made on a compromise and comprising immovable property other than that which is the subject-matter of the suit or proceeding]; or (vii) any grant of immovable property by 7[Government]; or (viii) any instrument of partition made by a Revenue-Officer; or (ix) any order granting a loan or instrument of collateral security granted under the Land Improvement Act, 1871, or the Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883; or (x) any order granting a loan under the Agriculturists, Loans Act, 1884, or instrument for securing the repayment of a loan made under that Act; or 8[(xa) any order made under the Charitable Endowments Act, 1890 (6 of 1890), vesting any property in a Treasurer of Charitable Endowments or divesting any such Treasurer of any property; or] (xi) any endorsement on a mortgage-deed acknowledging the payment of the whole or any part of the mortgage-money, and any other receipt for payment of money due under a mortgage when the receipt does not purport to extinguish the mortgage; or (xii) any certificate of sale granted to the purchaser of any property sold by public auction by a Civil or Revenue-Officer. 9[Explanation.--A document purporting or operating to effect a contract for the sale of immovable property shall not be deemed to require or ever to have required registration by reason only of the fact that such document contains a recital of the payment of any earnest money or of the whole or any part of the purchase money.] (3) Authorities to adopt a son, executed after the 1st day of January, 1872, and not conferred by a will, shall also be registered. STATE AMENDMENTS Kerala Amendment of section 17. --In section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act 16 of 1908) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),-- (i) in sub-section (1), after clause (e), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-- (f) Instruments purporting or operating to effect a contract for the sale of immovable property of the value of one hundred rupees and upwards; (g) Power of attorney creating any power or right of management, administration, development, transfer or any other transaction relating to immovable property of the value of one hundred rupees and upwards other than those executed in favour of father, mother, wife, husband, son, adopted son, daughter, adopted daughter, brother, sister, son-in-law or daughter-in-law of the executant.; (ii) in sub-section (2), the Explanation shall be omitted. [Vide Kerala Act 31 of 2013, s. 2] Kerala Amendment of section 17.---In sub-section (2) of section 17 of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act 16 of 1908) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), clause (ix) and (x) shall be omitted. [Vide kerala Act 7 of 1968, s. 2] Orissa Amendment of section 17.-- In section 17 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after clause (e), the following clauses shall be inserted before the proviso, namely:-- (f) agreement to sell immovable property possession whereof has been or is handed over to the purported purchaser; (g) power of-attorney relating to transfer of immovable property possession whereof has been or is handed over to the purported attorney holder. [Vide Orissa Act 8 of 2002, s. 3] Rajasthan Amendment of section 17, Central Act XVI of 1908.--In sub-section (2) of section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act XVI of 1908), in its application to the State of Rajasthan, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act- (a) for the full-stop at the end of clause (xii) a comma and the word ,or shall be substituted; and (b) after clause (xii) as so amended, the following clause shall be added. namely :- "(xiii) any instrument referred to in sub-section (5) of section 89." [Vide Rajasthan Act 16 of 1976, s. 2] Amendment of section 17, Central Act 16 of 1908.--In section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act 16 of 1908), in its application to the State of Rajasthan, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act,- (a) in sub-section (1), after clause (e), and before the proviso, the following clauses shall be added, namely:- "(f) agreement to sell immovable property possession where of has been or is handed over to the purported purchaser; (g) irrevocable power of attorney relating to transfer of immovable property in any way;";and (b) in sub-section (2), the existing Explanation shall be omitted. [Vide Rajasthan Act 18 of 1989, s. 2] Gujarat Amendment of section 17 of XVI of 1908.--In the Registration Act, 1908, in its application to the State of Gujarat (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"), in section 17,-- (i) in sub-section (1),-- (a) for clause (f), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-- "(f) power of attorney intending to administer, manage and/or alienate immovable property in any manner, executed on or after the commencement of the Registration (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2016(Guj.16 of 2016);": (b) after clause (j), the following clause shall be added, namely:-- "(k) sale certificate issued by any competent officer or authority under any central Act or State Act for the time being in force."; (ii) in sub-section (2), clause (xii) shall be deleted. [Vide Gujarat Act 4 of 2020, s. 2] 1. Ins. by Act 21 of 1929, s. 10. 2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for Provincial Government. 3. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for Local Official Gazette. 4. Ins. by Act 48 of 2001, s. 3 (w.e.f. 24-9-2001). 5. Subs. by Act 48 of 2001, s. 3, for any document (w.e.f. 24-9-2001). 6. Subs. by Act 21 of 1929, s. 10, for and any award. 7. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for Crown. 8. Ins. by Act 39 of 1948, s. 2. 9. Ins by Act 2 of 1927, s. 2.
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 117. Swearing of affidavits. ### Content:
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 121. Certain provisions to bind the Government. ### Content:
### Title: The Registration Act, 1908: Section 10. Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office. ### Content: (1) When any Registrar, other than the Registrar of a district including a Presidency-town, is absent otherwise than on duty in his district, or when his office is temporarily vacant, any person whom the Inspector-General appoints in this behalf, or, in default of such appointment, the Judge of the District Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the Registrar's office is situate, shall be the Registrar during such absence or until the 1[State Government] fills up the vacancy. (2) When the Registrar of a district including a Presidency-town is absent otherwise than on duty in his district, or when his office is temporarily vacant, any person whom the Inspector-General appoints in this behalf shall be the Registrar during such absence, or until the 1[State Government] fills up the vacancy. 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government".
### Title: The Registration Act, 1908: Section 19. Documents in language not understood by registering officer. ### Content: If any document duly presented for registration be in a language which the registering officer does not understand, and which is not commonly used in the district he shall refuse to register the documents, unless it be accompanied by a true translation into a language commonly used in the district and also by a true copy. STATE AMENDMENT Karnataka Insertion of new section 19A.--After section 19 of the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act 16 of 1908) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following section shall be inserted namely:-- "19A. Documents presented for registration to be accompanied by true copies thereof.--(1) No document shall be accepted for registration unless it is accompanied by a true copy thereof. (2) The true copy referred to in sub-section (1) shall be neatly handwritten, printed, typewritten, lithographed or otherwise prepared in accordance with such rules may be made in this matter." [Vide Karnataka Act 55 of 1976, s. 4] Tripura-- Amendment of Section 19.---In section 19 of the principal Act, for the words "a true translation" the words "two copies of the true translation" shall be substituted. [Vide Tripura Act 7 of 1982, s. 3] STATE AMENDMENT Kerala Amendment of section 19.--In section 19 of the principal Act, the words "and also by a true copy" shall be omitted. [Vide kerala Act 7 of 1968, s. 3] Insertion of new section 19A.---After section 19 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-- "19A. Documents presented for registration to be accompanied by true copies thereof.--(1) No documents shall be accepted for registration unless it is accompanied by a true copy thereof. (2) The true copy referred to in sub-section (1) shall be neatly handwritten, printed, typewritten, lithographed or otherwise, prepared in accordance with such rules as may be made in this behalf." [Vide kerala Act 7 of 1968, s. 4] STATE AMENDMENT Himachal Pradesh 4. Amendment of section 19.- In section 19 of the principal Act, for the words "a true translation", the words "two copies of the true translation" shall be substituted. [Vide Himachal Pradesh Act 2 of 1969, s. 4] Orissa Amendment of section 19.-- In the Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908) (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), in section 19, the words " and also by a true copy" shall be omitted. [Vide Orissa Act 14 of 1989, s. 2] Insertion of new section 19-A.--In the principal Act, after section 19, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-- "19-A. Documents Presented for registration on to accompany true copies thereof.--(1) No document shall be accepted for registration, unless it is accompanied by a true copy thereof. (2) The true copy referred to in sub-section (1) shall be legibly handwritten, printed, type-written, lithographed, cyclostyled or otherwise prepared only on one side of the paper and in accordance with such rules as may be made in this behalf by the State Government and shall contain a declaration in the prescribed manner that the same is true copy of the document and its translation, if any.". [Vide Orissa Act 14 of 1989, s. 3] Orissa Amendment of section 19-A.--In Sub-section (2), for the words "otherwise prepared", the words "otherwise legibly prepared" shall be substituted. [Vide Orissa Act 8 of 2002, s. 4]
### Title: The Registration Act, 1908: Section 26. Documents executed out of India. ### Content: When a document purporting to have been executed by all or any of the parties out of 1[India] is not presented for registration till after the expiration of the time hereinbefore prescribed in that behalf, the registering officer, if satisfied-- (a) that the instrument was so executed, and (b) that it has been presented for registration within four months after its arrival in 1[India], may, on payment of the proper registration-fee accept such document for registration. 1. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule, for "the State".
### Title: The Aligarh Muslim University Act, 1920: Section 17. The Chancellor. ### Content: 1[17. The Chancellor.--2[(1) The Chancellor of the University shall be elected by the Court in such manner and for such term as may be prescribed by the Statutes.] (2) The Chancellor shall, by virtue of his office, be the Head of the University. (3) The Chancellor shall, if present, preside at the convocations of the University held for conferring degrees.] 1. Subs. by Act 34 of 1972, s. 13, for section 17 (w.e.f. 17-6-1972). 2. Subs. by Act 62 of 1981, s. 7, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 10-2-1982).
### Title: The Indian Museum Act, 1910: Section 12. Articles received in exchange or purchased and moneys realised from sale to be held on trust. ### Content: Show Related Subordinates All objects taken in exchange and articles purchased under section 7 and all moneys realised from sales made in accordance with the terms of the same section shall be held on trust and subject to powers and declarations corresponding as nearly as may be with the trusts, powers and declarations by this Act limited and declared. Rules YearDescriptionHindi DescriptionFiles(Eng)Files(Hindi)31-03-1970 Indian Museum Rules, 31.03.1970
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 95. Power to present petition against a partner. ### Content:
### Title: The Registration Act, 1908: Section 64. Procedure where document relates to land in several sub-districts. ### Content: Every Sub-Registrar on registering a non-testamentary document relating to immovable property not wholly situate in his own sub-district shall make a memorandum thereof and of the endorsement and certificate (if any) thereon, and send the same to every other Sub-Registrar subordinate to the same Registrar as himself in whose sub-district any part of such property is situate, and such Sub-Registrar shall file the memorandum in his Book No. 1.
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 10. Power to adjudicate. ### Content:
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 13. Proceedings and order on creditors petition. ### Content:
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 23. Proceedings on annulment. ### Content:
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 26. Meeting of creditors. ### Content:
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 63. Disclaimer of leaseholds. ### Content:
### Title: The Registration Act, 1908: Section 86. Registering officer not liable for thing bona fide done or refused in his official capacity. ### Content: No registering officer shall be liable to any suit, claim or demand by reason of anything in good faith done or refused in his official capacity.
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 31. Power to re-adjudge debtor insolvent. ### Content:
### Title: The Indian Succession Act, 1925: Section 240.  Administration until will produced. ### Content: Where no will of the deceased is forthcoming, but there is reason to believe that there is a will in existence, letters of administration may be granted, limited until the will or an authenticated copy of it is produced.
### Title: The Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act, 1950: Section 123. Power to hear cases of grantees. ### Content: An application under section 117, 118 or 120, shall be entertained, heard and decided by the sub-divisional officer who shall submit the record of the case for confirmation of the order or the decree passed by him to the collector.
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 7. Power of Court to decide all questions arising in insolvency. ### Content:
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 14. Conditions on which debtor may petition. ### Content:
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 20. Advertisement of order of adjudication. ### Content:
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 28. Submission of proposal and acceptance by creditors. ### Content:
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 38. Discharge of insolvent. ### Content:
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 42. Renewal of application and variation of terms of order. ### Content:
### Title: The Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909: Section 47. Mutual dealings and set-off. ### Content:
### Title: The Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act, 1950: Section 129. Girdawars and patwaris to be public servants. ### Content: Every girdawar and patwari shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860).
### Title: The Co-operative Societies Act, 1912: Section 9. Registration. ### Content: If the Registrar is satisfied that a society has complied with the provisions of this Act and the rules and that its proposed by-laws are not contrary to the Act or to the rules, he may, if he thinks fit, register the society and its by-laws.
### Title: The Co-operative Societies Act, 1912: Section 34. Contribution to charitable purpose. ### Content: Any registered society may, with the sanction of the Registrar, after one-fourth of the net profits in any year has been carried to a reserve fund, contribute an amount not exceeding ten per cent. of the remaining net profits to any charitable purpose, as defined in section 2 of the Charitable Endowments Act, 1890 (1 of 1890).
### Title: The Co-operative Societies Act, 1912: Section 40. Cancellation of registration of society. ### Content: Where it is a condition of the registration of a society that it should consist of at least ten members, the Registrar may, by order in writing, cancel the registration of the society if at any time it is proved to his satisfaction that the number of the members has been reduced to less than ten
### Title: The Co-operative Societies Act, 1912: Section 44. Recovery of sums due to Government. ### Content: (1) All sums due from a registered society or from an officer or member or past member of a registered society as such to the Government, including any costs awarded to the Government under section 37, may be recovered in the same manner as arrears of land-revenue. (2) Sums due from a registered society to Government and recoverable under sub-section (1) may be recovered, firstly, from the property of the society; secondly, in the case of a society of which the liability of the members is limited, from the members subject to the limit of their liability; and, thirdly; in the case of other societies, from the members.
### Title: The Co-operative Societies Act, 1912: Section 48. Indian Companies Act, 1882, not to apply. ### Content: The provisions of the Indian Companies Act, 18821 (6 of 1882), shall not apply to registered societies. 1. See now the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956).
### Title: The Official Trusteers Act, 1913: Section 16.  Notice- of suit not required in certain cases. ### Content: Nothing in section 80 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) shall apply to any suit against the Official Trustee in which no relief is claimed against him personally.
### Title: The Co-operative Societies Act, 1912: Section 49. Saving of existing societies. ### Content: Every society now existing which has been registered under the Co-operative Credit Societies Act, 1904 (10 of 1904), shall be deemed to be registered under this Act, and its by-laws shall, so far as the same are not inconsistent with the express provisions of this Act, continue in force until altered or rescinded.
### Title: The Official Trusteers Act, 1913: Section 17.  Fees. ### Content: (1) There shall be charged in respect of the duties of the Official Trustee such fees, whether by way of percentage or otherwise, as the Government may prescribe. 1** * * * (2) The fees under this section may be at different rates for different properties or classes of properties or for different duties, and shall, so far as may be, be arranged so as to produce an amount sufficient to discharge the salaries and all other expenses incidental to the working of this Act (including such sum as Government may determine to be required to insure 2*** the Government 3*** against loss under this Act). 1. The proviso omitted by Act 48 of 1964, s. 11. 2. The words "the revenues of" omitted by s. 11, ibid. 3. The words "of India" omitted by Act 21 of 1922, s. 4.
### Title: The Official Trusteers Act, 1913: Section 32.  Saving of provisions of Indian Registration Act, 1908. ### Content: Nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to affect the provisions of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908).
### Title: The Official Trusteers Act, 1913: Section 28.  General powers of administration. ### Content: The Official Trustee may, in addition to and not in derogation of any other powers of expenditure lawfully exercisable by him, incur expenditure-- (a) on such acts as may be necessary for the proper care and management of any property belonging to any trust administered by him; and (b) with the sanction of the High Court on such religious, charitable and other objects and on such improvements as may be reasonable and proper in the case of such property.
### Title: The Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act, 1950: Section 141. Appointment and punishment of lambardars and patels. ### Content: The collector may appoint one or more lambardars or patels in a village, mahal or thok and may suspend, remove or dismiss them.
### Title: The Official Trusteers Act, 1913: Section 8.  Official Trustee may with consent be appointed trustee of settlement by grantor. ### Content: (1) Any person intending to create a trust other than a trust which the Official Trustee is prohibited from accepting under the provisions of this Act may by the instrument creating the trust and with the consent of the Official Trustee, appoint him by that name or any other sufficient description to be the trustee of the property subject to such trust: Provided that the consent of the Official Trustee shall be recited in the said instrument and that such instrument shall be duly executed by the Official Trustee. (2) Upon such appointment the property subject to the trust shall vest in such Official Trustee, and shall be held by him upon the trusts declared in such instrument.
### Title: The Official Trusteers Act, 1913: Section 13.  Official Trustee not to be required to give bond or security. ### Content: (1) No Official Trustee shall be required by any Court to enter into any bond or security on his appointment in any capacity under this Act. (2) No Official Trustee 1* * * shall be required to verify otherwise than by his signature any petition presented by him under the provisions of this Act, and if the facts stated in any such petition are not within 2[his personal knowledge], the petition may be verified and subscribed by any person competent to make the verification. 1. The words "or Deputy Official Trustee" omitted by s. 9, ibid. 2. Subs. by s. 9, ibid., for "the Official Trustees' personal knowledge".
### Title: The Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Baronetcy Act, 1915: Section 4. Present Baronet to continue to bear, and all future Baronet to take, names of First Baronet. ### Content: The present Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, Fifth Baronet, shall continue to be called by the name of "Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy," and all other the heirs male of the body of Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, First Baronet, to whom the said title and dignity shall descend, pursuant to the limitation of the Letters Patent whereby the said dignity was granted, shall take upon themselves respectively the name of "Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy," in lieu and in the place of any other name or names whatsoever ; and the present Baronet, and all such other heirs male of the said Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, First Baronet, severally and successively shall be called by the name of "Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy," and by that name shall name, style, and write themselves, respectively, upon all occasions whatsoever.
### Title: The Aligarh Muslim University Act, 1920: Section 39. Proceedings of University authorities not invalidated by vacancies. ### Content: No act or proceeding of any authority of the University shall be invalidated merely by reason of the existence of a vacancy or vacancies among its members.
### Title: The Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914: Section 6. Protection to persons acting under Act. ### Content: No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.