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The dataset generation failed because of a cast error
Error code: DatasetGenerationCastError
Exception: DatasetGenerationCastError
Message: An error occurred while generating the dataset
All the data files must have the same columns, but at some point there are 4 missing columns ({'original_language', 'Unnamed: 0.2', 'Unnamed: 0.1', 'translated_language'})
This happened while the csv dataset builder was generating data using
hf://datasets/seyam2023/bangladesh_law/bdlaws_ds_formatted.csv (at revision 2e68fcfe78744059085042c746abe71933698d68)
Please either edit the data files to have matching columns, or separate them into different configurations (see docs at https://hf.co/docs/hub/datasets-manual-configuration#multiple-configurations)
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2011, in _prepare_split_single
writer.write_table(table)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/arrow_writer.py", line 585, in write_table
pa_table = table_cast(pa_table, self._schema)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2302, in table_cast
return cast_table_to_schema(table, schema)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2256, in cast_table_to_schema
raise CastError(
datasets.table.CastError: Couldn't cast
Unnamed: 0: int64
law_descripton: string
law_pass_date: string
law_subtitle: double
law_title: string
section_chapter_id: double
section_chapter_name: string
section_chapter_no: string
section_description: string
section_id: int64
section_name: string
url_id: int64
vol_ordinance: string
-- schema metadata --
pandas: '{"index_columns": [{"kind": "range", "name": null, "start": 0, "' + 1904
to
{'Unnamed: 0.2': Value(dtype='int64', id=None), 'Unnamed: 0': Value(dtype='float64', id=None), 'Unnamed: 0.1': Value(dtype='float64', id=None), 'law_descripton': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'law_pass_date': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'law_subtitle': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'law_title': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'section_chapter_id': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'section_chapter_name': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'section_chapter_no': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'section_description': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'section_id': Value(dtype='float64', id=None), 'section_name': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'url_id': Value(dtype='float64', id=None), 'vol_ordinance': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'original_language': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'translated_language': Value(dtype='string', id=None)}
because column names don't match
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1317, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 932, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1027, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1122, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1882, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2013, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationCastError.from_cast_error(
datasets.exceptions.DatasetGenerationCastError: An error occurred while generating the dataset
All the data files must have the same columns, but at some point there are 4 missing columns ({'original_language', 'Unnamed: 0.2', 'Unnamed: 0.1', 'translated_language'})
This happened while the csv dataset builder was generating data using
hf://datasets/seyam2023/bangladesh_law/bdlaws_ds_formatted.csv (at revision 2e68fcfe78744059085042c746abe71933698d68)
Please either edit the data files to have matching columns, or separate them into different configurations (see docs at https://hf.co/docs/hub/datasets-manual-configuration#multiple-configurations)Need help to make the dataset viewer work? Make sure to review how to configure the dataset viewer, and open a discussion for direct support.
Unnamed: 0.2
int64 | Unnamed: 0
float64 | Unnamed: 0.1
float64 | law_descripton
string | law_pass_date
string | law_subtitle
string | law_title
string | section_chapter_id
string | section_chapter_name
string | section_chapter_no
string | section_description
string | section_id
float64 | section_name
string | url_id
float64 | vol_ordinance
string | original_language
string | translated_language
string |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 0 | null | 11th September, 1836 | - | The Districts Act, 1836 | - | - | - | It shall be lawful for the | 24,127 | Power to create new Districts | 1 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1836 | en | en |
1 | 1 | 1 | - | 22nd March, 1850 | - | The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 6. [Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1870 (Act No. XIV of 1870).] | 26,414 | [Repealed] | 2 | ACT NO. XII OF 1850 | en | en |
2 | 2 | 2 | - | 22nd March, 1850 | - | The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 1. Every public accountant shall give security for the due discharge of the trusts of his office, and for the due account of all moneys which shall come into his possession or control, by reason of his office. | 1 | Public Accountants to give security | 2 | ACT NO. XII OF 1850 | en | en |
3 | 3 | 3 | - | 22nd March, 1850 | - | The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 2. In default of any Act having special reference to the office of any public accountant, the security given shall be of such amount and kind, real or personal, or both, and with such sureties (regard being had to the nature of the office), as shall be required by any rules made or to be made from time to time, by the authority by which each public accountant is appointed to his office. | 2 | Amount and kind of security, and with what sureties | 2 | ACT NO. XII OF 1850 | en | en |
4 | 4 | 4 | - | 22nd March, 1850 | - | The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 3. For the purposes of sections 1 and 2 of this Act, the expression “public accountant” means any person who as Official Assignee or Trustee, or as sarbarahkar, is entrusted with the receipt, custody or control of any moneys or securities for money, or the management of any lands belonging to any other person or persons; and for the purposes of sections 4 and 5 of this Act the expression shall also include any person who, by reason of any office held by him in the service of the State is entrusted with the receipt, custody or control of any moneys or securities for money, or the management of any lands belonging to the Government. | 3 | “Public accountant” defined | 2 | ACT NO. XII OF 1850 | en | ca |
5 | 5 | 5 | - | 22nd March, 1850 | - | The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 4. The person or persons at the head of the office to which any public accountant belongs may proceed against any such public accountant and his securities for any loss or defalcation in his accounts, as if the amount thereof were an arrear of land-revenue due to Government. | 4 | Prosecution of accountants and sureties | 2 | ACT NO. XII OF 1850 | en | en |
6 | 6 | 6 | - | 22nd March, 1850 | - | The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 5. All Regulations and Acts now or hereafter to be in force for the recovery of arrears of land-revenue due to Government, and for recovery of damages by any person wrongfully proceeded against for any such arrear shall apply, with such changes in the forms of procedure as are necessary to make them applicable to the case, to the proceedings against and by such public accountant. | 5 | Enactments applied to proceedings by and against accountants | 2 | ACT NO. XII OF 1850 | en | en |
7 | 7 | 7 | - | 4th April, 1850 | - | The Judicial Officer's Protection Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 1. No Judge, Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, Collector or other person acting judicially shall be liable to be sued in any Civil Court for any act done or ordered to be done by him in the discharge of his judicial duty, whether or not within the limits of his jurisdiction: Provided that he at the time, in good faith, believed himself to have jurisdiction to do or order the act complained of; and no officer of any Court or other person, bound to execute the lawful warrants or orders of any such Judge, Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, Collector or other person acting judicially shall be liable to be sued in any Civil Court, for the execution of any warrant or order, which he would be bound to execute, if within the jurisdiction of the person issuing the same. | 8,167 | Non-liability to suit of officers acting judicially, for official acts done in good faith, and of officers executing warrants and orders | 3 | ACT NO. XVIII OF 1850 | en | en |
8 | 8 | 8 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 9. All persons disobeying any lawful process issued as aforesaid for the purposes of the commission shall be liable to the same penalties as if the same had issued originally from the Court or other authority through whom it is executed. | 5,464 | Penalty for disobedience to process | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
9 | 9 | 9 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 8. The commissioners shall have the same power of punishing contempt's and obstructions to their proceedings, as is given to Civil and Criminal Courts by the | 5,463 | Powers of commissioners. Their protection Service of their process Powers of Court, etc., acting under commission | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
10 | 10 | 10 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 7. At any subsequent stage of the proceedings, the Government may, if it think fit, abandon the prosecution, and in such case may, if it think fit, on the application of the accuser, allow him to continue the prosecution, if he is desirous of so doing, on his furnishing such security as is hereinbefore mentioned. | 5,462 | Power of Government to abandon prosecution and to allow accuser to continue it | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
11 | 11 | 11 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 2. Whenever the Government shall be of opinion that there are good grounds for making a formal and public inquiry into the truth of any imputation of misbehaviour by any person | 5,457 | Articles of charge to be drawn out for public inquiry into conduct of certain public servants | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
12 | 12 | 12 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 4. When the Government shall think fit to conduct the prosecution, it shall nominate some person to conduct the same on its behalf. | 5,459 | Conduct of Government prosecution | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
13 | 13 | 13 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 3. The inquiry may be committed either to the Court, Board or other authority to which the person accused is subordinate, or to any other person or persons, to be specially appointed by the Government, commissioners for the purpose: notice of which commission shall be given to the person accused ten days at least before the beginning of the inquiry. | 5,458 | Authorities to whom inquiry may be committed
Notice to accused | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
14 | 14 | 14 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 11. At the beginning of the inquiry the prosecutor shall exhibit the articles of charge to the commissioners, which shall be openly read, and the person accused shall thereupon be required to plead "guilty" or "not guilty" to each of them, which pleas shall be forthwith recorded with the articles of charge. If the person accused refuses, or without reasonable cause neglects, to appear to answer the charge either personally or by his counsel or agent, he shall be taken to admit the truth of the articles of charge. | 5,466 | Procedure at beginning of inquiry
Non-appearance of accused and admission of charge | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
15 | 15 | 15 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 1. [Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1870 (Act No. XIV of 1870).] | 5,447 | [Repealed] | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
16 | 16 | 16 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 5. When the charge shall be brought by an accuser, the Government shall require the accusation to be reduced to writing, and verified by the oath or solemn affirmation of the accuser; and every person who shall wilfully and maliciously make any false accusation under this Act, upon such oath or affirmation, shall be liable to the penalties of perjury, but this enactment shall not be construed to prevent the Government from instituting any enquiry which it shall think fit, without such accusation on oath or solemn affirmation as aforesaid. | 5,460 | Charge by accuser to be written and verified. Penalty for false accusation. Institution of inquiry by Government | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
17 | 17 | 17 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 12. The prosecutor shall then be entitled to address the commissioners in explanation of the articles of charge, and of the evidence by which they are to be proved: his address shall not be recorded. | 5,467 | Prosecutor's right of address | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
18 | 18 | 18 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 10. A copy of the articles of charge, and list of the documents and witnesses by which each charge is to be sustained, shall be delivered to the person accused, at least three days before the beginning of the inquiry, exclusive of the day of delivery and the first day of the inquiry. | 5,465 | Copy of charge and list to be furnished to accused | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
19 | 19 | 19 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 14. If it shall appear necessary before the close of the case for the prosecution, the commissioners may in their discretion allow the prosecutor to exhibit evidence not included in the list given to the person accused, or may themselves call for new evidence; and in such case the person accused shall be entitled to have, if he demand it, adjournment of the proceedings for three clear days, before the exhibition of such new evidence exclusive of the day of adjournment and of the day to which the proceedings are adjourned. | 5,469 | Power to admit or call for new evidence for prosecution
Accused's right to adjournment | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
20 | 20 | 20 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 16. The evidence for the defence shall then be exhibited, and the witnesses examined, who shall be liable to cross-examination and re-examination and to examination by the commissioners according to the like rules as the witnesses for the prosecution. | 5,471 | Evidence for defence and examination of witnesses | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
21 | 21 | 21 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 17. [Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1876 (Act No. XII of 1876).] | 5,472 | [Repealed] | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
22 | 22 | 22 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 18. The commissioners or some person appointed by them shall take notes in English of all the oral evidence, which shall be read aloud to each witness by whom the same was given, and, if necessary, explained to him in the language in which it was given, and shall be recorded with the proceedings. | 5,491 | Notes of oral evidence | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
23 | 23 | 23 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 19. If the person accused makes only an oral defence, and exhibits no evidence, the inquiry shall end with his defence; if he records a written defence, or exhibits evidence, the prosecutor shall be entitled to a general oral reply on the whole case, and may also exhibit evidence to contradict any evidence exhibited for the defence, in which case the person accused shall not be entitled to any adjournment of the proceedings, although such new evidence were not included in the list furnished to him. | 5,492 | Inquiry when closed with defence. Prosecutor when entitled to reply and give evidence. Accused not entitled to adjournment | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
24 | 24 | 24 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 20. When the commissioners shall be of opinion that the articles of charge or any of them, are not drawn with sufficient clearness and precision, the commissioners may, in their discretion, require the same to be amended, and may thereupon, on the application of the person accused, adjourn the inquiry for a reasonable time. The commissioners may also, if they think fit, adjourn the inquiry from time to time, on the application of either the prosecutor or the person accused on the ground of sickness or unavoidable absence of any witness or other reasonable cause. When such application is made and refused, the commissioners shall record the application, and their reasons for refusing to comply with it. | 5,493 | Power to require amendment of charge and to adjourn
Reasons for refusing adjournment to be recorded | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
25 | 25 | 25 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 21. After the close of the inquiry the commissioner shall forthwith report to Government their proceedings under the commission, and shall send with the record thereof their opinion upon each of the articles of charge separately, with such observations as they think fit on the whole case. | 5,494 | Report of commissioners' proceedings | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
26 | 26 | 26 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 22. The Government, on consideration of the report of the commissioners, may order them to take further evidence, or give further explanation of their opinions. It may also order additional articles of charge to be framed, in which case the inquiry into the truth of such additional articles shall be made in the same manner as is herein directed with respect to the original charges. When special commissioners have been appointed, the Government may also, if it thinks fit, refer the report of the commissioners to the Court or other authority to which the person accused is subordinate, for their opinion on the case; and will finally pass such orders thereon as appear just and consistent with its powers in such cases. | 5,495 | Power to call for further evidence or explanation. Inquiry into additional articles of charge
Reference of report of special commissioners' final orders | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
27 | 27 | 27 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 23.-24. [Omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the | 5,496 | -24. [Omitted] | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
28 | 28 | 28 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 25. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the authority of Government, for suspending or removing any public servant for any cause without an inquiry under this Act. | 5,497 | Saving of power of removal with-out inquiry under Act | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
29 | 29 | 29 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 13. The oral and documentary evidence for the prosecution shall then be exhibited; the witnesses shall be examined by or on behalf of the prosecutor and may be cross-examined by or on behalf of the person accused. The prosecutor shall be entitled to re-examine the witnesses on any points on which they have been cross examined, but not on any new matter, without leave of the commissioners, who also may put such question as they think fit. | 5,468 | Evidence for prosecution and examination of witnesses.Re-examination by prosecutor | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
30 | 30 | 30 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 15. When the case for the prosecution is closed, the person accused shall be required to make his defence, orally or in writing, as he shall prefer. If made orally, it shall not be recorded; if made in writing, it shall be recorded, after being openly read, and in that case a copy shall be given at the same time to the prosecutor. | 5,470 | Defence of accused.
To be recorded only when written | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
31 | 31 | 31 | WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as follows:- | 1st November, 1850 | - | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | - | - | - | 6. Where the imputations shall have been made by an accuser, and the Government shall think fit to leave to him the conduct of the prosecution, the Government before appointing the commission shall require him to furnish reasonable security that he will attend and prosecute the charge thoroughly and effectually, and also will be forthcoming to answer any counter-charge or action which may be afterwards brought against him for malicious prosecution or perjury or subornation of perjury, as the case may be. | 5,461 | Security from accuser left by Government, to prosecute | 4 | ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 | en | en |
32 | 32 | 32 | - | 4th July, 1851 | - | The Tolls Act, 1851 | - | - | - | 1A. | 8,190 | Extent | 5 | ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 | en | ca |
33 | 33 | 33 | - | 4th July, 1851 | - | The Tolls Act, 1851 | - | - | - | 13. The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct that any power or duty which is conferred or imposed by this Act upon the Government, shall be exercised or discharged by any officer subordinate to it. | 8,203 | Government may direct any officer to discharge its power | 5 | ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 | en | en |
34 | 34 | 34 | - | 4th July, 1851 | - | The Tolls Act, 1851 | - | - | - | 14. The Government may make rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, “to carry out the purposes of this Act.”] | 8,204 | Rule making power | 5 | ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 | en | pl |
35 | 35 | 35 | - | 4th July, 1851 | - | The Tolls Act, 1851 | - | - | - | 1. [Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1870 (Act XIV of 1870).] | 8,189 | [Repealed] | 5 | ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 | en | en |
36 | 36 | 36 | - | 4th July, 1851 | - | The Tolls Act, 1851 | - | - | - | 10. When the right to collect tolls on any public road or bridge has been duly leased, the lessee and the persons employed by the lessee as his agent for collecting tolls shall be deemed to be persons appointed to collect tolls under this Act, and shall exercise all the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities attaching to persons so appointed. | 8,200 | Lessee and persons appointed by lessee deemed to be appointed to collect tolls | 5 | ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 | en | en |
37 | 37 | 37 | - | 4th July, 1851 | - | The Tolls Act, 1851 | - | - | - | [9.(1) The Government may, from time to time, lease by public auction the levy of tolls upon any public road or bridge, for any period not exceeding 3 years, on such terms and conditions as it may deem fit.(2) The levy of tolls shall be settled with the highest bidder by open public auction:Provided that the Government may, for sufficient reasons to be recorded in writing, refuse to accept the offer of the highest bidder, and may accept any other bid or may withdraw the tolls from such auction.(3) The lessee shall give security for the due fulfilment of the conditions of the lease, and the sums payable under the terms of the lease shall be recoverable as a public demand. | 8,199 | Lease of the levy of tolls | 5 | ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 | en | en |
38 | 38 | 38 | - | 4th July, 1851 | - | The Tolls Act, 1851 | - | - | - | 12. Whoever, having rendered himself liable to payment of tolls, refuses to pay such tolls, shall be liable to fine which may extend to one hundred Taka. | 8,202 | Penalty for refusal to pay toll | 5 | ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 | en | en |
39 | 39 | 39 | - | 4th July, 1851 | - | The Tolls Act, 1851 | - | - | - | 8. The tolls levied under this Act shall be deemed public revenue. | 8,198 | Tolls levied deemed to be public revenue | 5 | ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 | en | en |
40 | 40 | 40 | - | 4th July, 1851 | - | The Tolls Act, 1851 | - | - | - | 6. Every person, other than the persons appointed to collect the tolls under this Act, who shall levy or demand any toll on any public road or bridge, or for passing through any bazar situated thereon, and also every person who shall unlawfully and extortionately demand, or take any other or higher toll than the lawful toll, or under colour of this Act seize or sell any property knowing such seizure or sale to be unlawful, or in any manner unlawfully extort money or any valuable thing from any person under colour of this Act, shall be liable on conviction before a Magistrate to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six calendar months, or to fine not exceeding two hundred | 8,196 | Penalty for offences. Compensation to person aggrieved, etc | 5 | ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 | en | en |
41 | 41 | 41 | - | 4th July, 1851 | - | The Tolls Act, 1851 | - | - | - | 5. All Police-officers shall be bound to assist the toll-collectors, when required, in the execution of this Act; and, for that purpose, shall have the same power which they have in the exercise of their common police-duties. | 8,195 | Assistance by Police-officers | 5 | ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 | en | en |
42 | 42 | 42 | - | 4th July, 1851 | - | The Tolls Act, 1851 | - | - | - | 4. The following persons and things shall be exempt from payment of tolls: | 8,194 | Exemption from payment of tolls | 5 | ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 | en | en |
43 | 43 | 43 | - | 4th July, 1851 | - | The Tolls Act, 1851 | - | - | - | Provided that, if, at any time before the sale has actually begun, the person whose property has been seized shall tender the amount of all the expenses incurred, and of double the toll payable by him, the said officer shall forthwith release the property seized. | 8,193 | Release of seized property on tender of dues | 5 | ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 | en | en |
44 | 44 | 44 | - | 4th July, 1851 | - | The Tolls Act, 1851 | - | - | - | 3. In case of non-payment of any such toll on demand, the officer appointed to collect the same may seize any of the carriages or animals on which it is chargeable, or any part of their burden of sufficient value to defray the toll; and, if any toll remains undischarged for twenty-four hours, with the cost arising from such seizure, the case shall be brought before the officer appointed to superintend the collection of the said toll, who may sell the property seized for discharge of the toll, and all expenses occasioned by such non-payment, seizure and sale, and cause any balance that may remain to be returned, on demand, to the owner of the property; and the said officer, on receipt of the property, shall forthwith issue a notice that, at noon of the next day, exclusive of Sunday, or any closed holiday, he will sell the property by auction: | 8,192 | Recovery of tolls | 5 | ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 | en | en |
45 | 45 | 45 | - | 4th July, 1851 | - | The Tolls Act, 1851 | - | - | - | 2. The | 8,191 | Power to cause levy of tolls on roads and bridges, and to appoint collectors | 5 | ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 | en | en |
46 | 46 | 46 | - | 4th July, 1851 | - | The Tolls Act, 1851 | - | - | - | 7. A table of the tolls authorized to be taken at any toll-gate or station shall be put up in a conspicuous place near such gate or station legibly written or printed in | 8,197 | Exhibition of table of tolls, and Statement of penalties | 5 | ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 | en | en |
47 | 47 | 47 | - | 4th July, 1851 | - | The Tolls Act, 1851 | - | - | - | 11. The lessee of any toll bar may compound with any person for a certain sum to be paid by such person for himself or for any vehicles or animals kept by him in lieu of the prescribed rates. | 8,201 | Lessee may compound with any person | 5 | ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 | en | en |
48 | 48 | 48 | - | 27th March, 1855 | - | The Legal Representative Suits Act, 1855 | - | - | - | 2. No action commenced under the provisions of this Act shall abate by reason of the death of either party, but the same may be continued by or against the executors, administrators or representatives of the party deceased: Provided that, in any case in which any such action shall be continued against the executors, administrators or representatives of a deceased party, such executors, administrators or representatives may set up a want of assets as a defence to the action, either wholly or in part, in the same manner as if the action had been originally commenced against them. | 1,031 | Death of either party not to abate suit | 6 | ACT NO. XII OF 1855 | en | en |
49 | 49 | 49 | - | 27th March, 1855 | - | The Legal Representative Suits Act, 1855 | - | - | - | 1. An action may be maintained by the executors, administrators or representatives of any person deceased for any wrong committed in the time of such person, which has occasioned pecuniary loss to his estate, for which wrong an action might have been maintained by such person, so as such wrong shall have been committed within one year before his death; and the damages, when recovered, shall be part of the personal estate of such person: | 1,030 | Executors may sue and be sued in certain cases for wrongs committed in life-time of deceased | 6 | ACT NO. XII OF 1855 | en | en |
50 | 50 | 50 | - | 27th March, 1855 | - | The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 | - | - | - | 4. The following words and expressions are intended to have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, so far as such meanings are not excluded by the context or by the nature of the subject-matter; that is to say the word "person" shall apply to bodies politic and corporate; and the word "parent" shall include father and mother and grand-father and grand-mother; and the word "child" shall include son and daughter and grand-son and grand-daughter and step-son and step-daughter. | 8,222 | Interpretation clause | 7 | ACT NO. XIII OF 1855 | en | it |
51 | 51 | 51 | - | 27th March, 1855 | - | The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 | - | - | - | 3. The plaint in any such action or suit shall give a full particular of the person or persons whom, or on whose behalf, such action or suit shall be brought, and of the nature of the claim in respect of which damages shall be sought to be recovered. | 8,221 | Plaintiff shall deliver particulars, etc. | 7 | ACT NO. XIII OF 1855 | en | fr |
52 | 52 | 52 | - | 27th March, 1855 | - | The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 | - | - | - | 2. Provided always that not more than one action or suit shall be brought for, and in respect of the same subject-matter of complaint: Provided that, in any such action or suit, the executor, administrator or representative of the deceased may insert a claim for and recover any pecuniary loss to the estate of the deceased occasioned by such wrongful act, neglect or default, which sum, when recovered, shall be deemed part of the assets of the estate of the deceased. | 8,220 | Not more than one suit to be brought.Claim for loss to estate may be added | 7 | ACT NO. XIII OF 1855 | en | en |
53 | 53 | 53 | - | 27th March, 1855 | - | The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 | - | - | - | 1. Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, the party who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action or suit for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony or other crime. | 8,219 | Suit for compensation to the family of a person for loss occasioned to it by his death by actionable wrong | 7 | ACT NO. XIII OF 1855 | en | en |
54 | 54 | 54 | - | 11th April, 1856 | - | The Bills of Lading Act, 1856 | - | - | - | 2. Nothing herein contained shall prejudice or affect any right of stoppage in transitu, or any right to claim freight against the original shipper or owner, or any liability of the consignee or endorsee by reason or in consequence of his being such consignee or endorsee, or of his receipt of the goods by reason or in consequence of such consignment or endorsement. | 1,039 | Not to affect right of stoppage in transitu or claims for freight | 8 | ACT NO. IX OF 1856 | en | en |
55 | 55 | 55 | - | 11th April, 1856 | - | The Bills of Lading Act, 1856 | - | - | - | 1. Every consignee of goods named in a bill of lading, and every endorsee of a bill of lading to whom the property in the goods therein mentioned shall pass, upon or by reason of such consignment or endorsement shall have transferred to and vested in him all rights of suit, and be subject to the same liabilities in respect of such goods as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself. | 1,038 | Rights under bills of lading to vest in consignee or endorsee | 8 | ACT NO. IX OF 1856 | en | en |
56 | 56 | 56 | - | 11th April, 1856 | - | The Bills of Lading Act, 1856 | - | - | - | 3. Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or endorsee for valuable consideration, representing goods to have been shipped on board a vessel, shall be conclusive evidence of such shipment as against the master or other person signing the same, notwithstanding that such goods or some part thereof may not have been so shipped, unless such holder of the bill of lading shall have had actual notice at the time of receiving the same that the goods had not in fact been laden on board: | 1,040 | Bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc., conclusive evidence of the shipment as against master, etc. | 8 | ACT NO. IX OF 1856 | en | en |
57 | 57 | 57 | - | 25th July, 1856 | - | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | - | - | - | 6. Whatever words spoken, ceremonies performed or engagements made on the marriage of a Hindu female who has not been previously married, are sufficient to constitute a valid marriage, shall have the same effect if spoken, performed or made on the marriage of a Hindu widow; and no marriage shall be declared invalid on the ground that such words, ceremonies or engagements are inapplicable to the case of a widow. | 1,076 | Ceremonies constituting valid marriage to have same effect on widow's marriage | 9 | ACT NO. XV OF 1856 | en | en |
58 | 58 | 58 | - | 25th July, 1856 | - | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | - | - | - | In the case of a widow who is of full age, or whose marriage has been consummated, her own consent shall be sufficient consent to constitute her re-marriage lawful and valid. | 8,252 | - | 9 | ACT NO. XV OF 1856 | en | null |
59 | 59 | 59 | - | 25th July, 1856 | - | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | - | - | - | 1. No marriage contracted between Hindus shall be invalid, and the issue of no such marriage shall be illegitimate, by reason of the woman having been previously married or betrothed to another person who was dead at the time of such marriage, any custom and any interpretation of Hindu law to the contrary notwithstanding. | 1,071 | Marriage of Hindu widows legalized | 9 | ACT NO. XV OF 1856 | en | en |
60 | 60 | 60 | - | 25th July, 1856 | - | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | - | - | - | 2. All rights and interests which any widow may have in her deceased husband's property by way of maintenance, or by inheritance to her husband or to his lineal successors, or by virtue of any will or testamentary disposition conferring upon her, without express permission to re-marry, only a limited interest in such property, with no power of alienating the same, shall upon her re-marriage cease and determine as if she had then died; and the next heirs of her deceased husband, or other persons entitled to the property on her death, shall thereupon succeed to the same. | 1,072 | Rights of widow in deceased husband's property to cease on her re-marriage | 9 | ACT NO. XV OF 1856 | en | en |
61 | 61 | 61 | - | 25th July, 1856 | - | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | - | - | - | 4. Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to render any widow who, at the time of the death of any person leaving any property, is a childless widow, capable of inheriting the whole or any share of such property, if before the passing of this Act, she would have been incapable of inheriting the same by reason of her being childless widow. | 1,074 | Nothing in this Act to render any childless widow capable of inheriting | 9 | ACT NO. XV OF 1856 | en | en |
62 | 62 | 62 | - | 25th July, 1856 | - | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | - | - | - | 5. Except as in the three preceding sections is provided, a widow shall not, by reason of her re-marriage forfeit any property or any right to which she would otherwise be entitled; and every widow who has re-married shall have the same rights of inheritance as she would have had, had such marriage been her first marriage. | 1,075 | Saving of rights of widow marrying, except as provided in sections 2 to 4 | 9 | ACT NO. XV OF 1856 | en | en |
63 | 63 | 63 | - | 25th July, 1856 | - | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | - | - | - | 7. If the widow re-marrying is a minor whose marriage has not been consummated, she shall not re-marry without the consent of her father, or if she has no father, of her paternal grandfather, or if she has no such grandfather, of her mother, or, failing all these, of her elder brother, or failing also brothers, of her next male relative. | 8,249 | Consent to re-marriage of minor widow | 9 | ACT NO. XV OF 1856 | en | en |
64 | 64 | 64 | - | 25th July, 1856 | - | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | - | - | - | 3. On the re-marriage of a Hindu widow, if neither the widow nor any other person has been expressly constituted by the will or testamentary disposition of the deceased husband the guardian of his children the father or paternal grandfather or the mother or paternal grandmother, of the deceased husband, or any male relative of the deceased husband, may petition the highest Court having original jurisdiction in civil cases in the place where the deceased husband was domiciled at the time of his death for the appointment of some proper person to be guardian of the said children, and thereupon it shall be lawful for the said Court, if it shall think fit, to appoint such guardian, who when appointed shall be entitled to have the care and custody of the said children, or of any of them during their minority, in the place of their mother; and in making such appointment the Court shall be guided, so far as may be by the laws and rules in force touching the guardianship of children who have neither father nor mother: | 1,073 | Guardianship of children of deceased husband on the re-marriage of his widow | 9 | ACT NO. XV OF 1856 | en | en |
65 | 65 | 65 | - | 25th July, 1856 | - | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | - | - | - | And all marriages made contrary to the provisions of this section may be declared void by a Court of law; Provided, that in any question regarding the validity of a marriage made contrary to the provisions of this section, such consent as is aforesaid shall be presumed until the contrary is proved, and that no such marriage shall be declared void after it has been consummated. | 8,251 | - | 9 | ACT NO. XV OF 1856 | en | null |
66 | 66 | 66 | - | 25th July, 1856 | - | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | - | - | - | All persons knowingly abetting a marriage made contrary to the provisions of this section shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year or to fine or to both. | 8,250 | - | 9 | ACT NO. XV OF 1856 | en | null |
67 | 67 | 67 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 20. The following societies may be registered under this Act: | 1,857 | To what societies Act applies | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
68 | 68 | 68 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | [19. Any person may inspect all documents filed with the registrar under this Act, or require a copy or extract of a copy of any document to be certified by the registrar, on payment of the fee specified in the Schedule to this Act in this behalf or such smaller fee as the Government may direct.] | 1,856 | Inspection of documents
Certified copies | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
69 | 69 | 69 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 18. In order to any such society as is mentioned in the last preceding section obtaining registry under this Act, it shall be sufficient that the governing body file with the Registrar of Joint-stock Companies a memorandum showing the name of the society, the objects of the society, and the names, addresses and occupations of the governing body, together with a copy of the rules and regulations of the society certified as provided in section 2, and a copy of the report of the proceedings of the general meeting at which the registration was resolved on. | 1,842 | Such societies to file memorandum, etc., with Registrar of Joint-stock Companies | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
70 | 70 | 70 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 16. The governing body of the society shall be the governors, council, directors, committee, trustees or other body to whom by the rules and regulations of the society the management of its affairs is entrusted. | 1,817 | Governing body defined | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | da |
71 | 71 | 71 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 15. For the purposes of this Act a member of a society shall be a person who, having been admitted therein according to the rules and regulations thereof, shall have paid a subscription or shall have signed the roll or list of members thereof, and shall not have resigned in accordance with such rules and regulations; but in all proceedings under this Act no person shall be entitled to vote or to be counted as a member whose subscription at the time shall have been in arrear for a period exceeding three months. | 1,816 | Member defined. Disqualified Members | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
72 | 72 | 72 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 2. The memorandum of association shall contain the following things (that is to say)- | 1,781 | Memorandum of association | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
73 | 73 | 73 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | [3. Upon the filing of the memorandum and certified copy of the rules and regulations of the society under section 2, the registrar shall certify under his hand that the society is registered under this Act. | 1,782 | Registration of societies | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
74 | 74 | 74 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 3A. There shall be paid to the registrar for registration of a society and for matters mentioned in the Schedule to this Act, fees specified in that Schedule or such smaller fees as the Government may direct.] | 1,783 | Fees to be paid to the Registrar | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
75 | 75 | 75 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 4. Once in every year, on or before the fourteenth day succeeding the day on which, according to the rules of the society, the annual general meeting of the society is held, or, if the rules do not provide for an annual general meeting, in the month of January, a list shall be filed with the Registrar of Joint-stock Companies of the names, addresses and occupations of the governors, council, directors, committee or other governing body then entrusted with the management of the affairs of the society. | 1,784 | Annual list of managing body to be filed | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
76 | 76 | 76 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 14. If upon the dissolution of any society registered under this Act there shall remain after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities any property whatsoever, the same shall not be paid to or distributed among the members of the said society or any of them, but shall be given to some other society, to be determined by the votes of not less than three-fifths of the members present personally or by proxy at the time of the dissolution, or in, default thereof, by such Court as aforesaid: Provided, however, that this clause shall not apply to any society which shall have been founded or established by the contributions of shareholders in the nature of a Joint-stock Company. | 1,815 | Upon a dissolution no member to receive profit. Clause not to apply to Joint-stock Companies | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
77 | 77 | 77 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 17. Any company or society established for a literary, scientific or charitable purpose, and registered under Act XLIII of 1850, or any such society established and constituted previously to the passing of this Act but not registered under the said Act XLIII of 1850, may at any time hereafter be registered as a society under this Act; subject to the proviso that no such company or society shall be registered under this Act unless an assent to its being so registered has been given by three-fifths of the members present personally, or by proxy, at some general meeting convened for that purpose by the governing body. | 1,841 | Registration of Societies formed before Act. Assent required. | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
78 | 78 | 78 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 6. Every society registered under this Act may sue or be sued in the name of the president, chairman, or principal secretary, or trustees, as shall be determined by the rules and regulations of the society, and, in default of such determination, in the name of such person as shall be appointed by the governing body for the occasion: | 1,786 | Suits by and against societies | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
79 | 79 | 79 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 5. The property, moveable and immoveable, belonging to a society registered under this Act, if not vested in trustees, shall be deemed to be vested, for the time being, in the governing body of such society, and in all proceedings, civil and criminal, may be described as the property of the governing body of such society by their proper title. | 1,785 | Property of society how vested | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
80 | 80 | 80 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | But if the defendant shall be successful in any suit or other proceeding brought against him at the instance of the society, and shall be adjudged to recover his costs, he may elect to proceed to recover the same from the officer in whose name the suit shall be brought, or from the society, and in the latter case shall have process against the property of the said society in the manner above described. | 1,791 | Recovery by successful defendant of costs adjudged | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
81 | 81 | 81 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 11. Any member of the society who shall steal, purloin or embezzle any money or other property, or wilfully and maliciously destroy or injure any property of such society, or shall forge any deed, bond, security for money, receipt, or other instrument, whereby the funds of the society may be exposed to loss, shall be subject to the same prosecution, and, if convicted, shall be liable to be punished in like manner as any person not a member would be subject and liable to in respect of the like offence. | 1,792 | Members guilty of offences punishable as strangers | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
82 | 82 | 82 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 12.(a) Whenever it shall appear to the governing body of any society registered under this Act, which has been established for any particular purpose or purposes, that it is advisable to alter, extend or abridge such purpose to or for other purposes within the meaning of this Act, or to amalgamate such society either wholly or partially with any other society, such governing body may submit the proposition to the members of the society in a written or printed report and may convene a special meeting for the consideration thereof according to the regulations of the society; | 1,811 | Societies enable to alter, extend or abridge their purposes | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
83 | 83 | 83 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 13. Any number not less than three-fifths of the members of any society may determine that it shall be dissolved, and thereupon it shall be dissolved forthwith, or at the time then agreed upon, and all necessary steps shall be taken for the disposal and settlement of the property of the society, its claims and liabilities, according to the rules of the said society applicable thereto, if any, and, if not, then as the governing body shall find expedient, provided that, in the event of any dispute arising among the said governing body or the members of the society, the adjustment of its affairs shall be referred to the principal Court of original civil jurisdiction of the district in which the chief building of the society is situate; and the Court shall make such order in the matter as it shall deem requisite: | 1,812 | Provision for dissolution of societies and adjustment of their affairs. | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
84 | 84 | 84 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 1. Any seven or more persons associated for any literary, scientific or charitable purpose, or for any such purpose as is described in section 20 of this Act, may, by subscribing their names to a memorandum of association and filing the same with the Registrar of Joint-stock Companies form themselves into a society under this Act. | 1,780 | Societies formed by memorandum of association and registration | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
85 | 85 | 85 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 10. Any member who may be in arrear of a subscription which, according to the rules of the society he is bound to pay, or who shall possess himself of or detain any property of the society in a manner or for a time contrary to such rules, or shall injure or destroy any property of the society, may be sued for such arrear or for the damage accruing from such detention, injury or destruction of property in the manner hereinbefore provided. | 1,790 | Members liable to be sued as strangers | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
86 | 86 | 86 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 9. Whenever by any bye-law duly made in accordance with the rules and regulations of the society, or, if the rules do not provide for the making of bye-laws, by any bye-law made at a general meeting of the members of the society convened for the purpose (for the making of which the concurrent votes of three-fifths of the members present at such meeting shall be necessary), any pecuniary penalty is imposed for the breach of any rule or bye-law of the society, such penalty, when accrued, may be recovered in any Court having jurisdiction where the defendant shall reside, or the society shall be situate, as the governing body thereof shall deem expedient. | 1,789 | Recovery of penalty accruing under bye-law | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
87 | 87 | 87 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 8. If a judgment shall be recovered against the person or officer named on behalf of the society, such judgment shall not be put in force against the property, moveable or immoveable, or against the body of such person or officer, but against the property of the society. | 1,788 | Enforcement of judgment against society | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
88 | 88 | 88 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | Provided that | 1,814 | - | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | null |
89 | 89 | 89 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | 7. No suit or proceeding in any Civil Court shall abate or discontinue by reason of the person by or against whom such suit or proceedings shall have been brought or continued, dying or ceasing to fill the character in the name whereof he shall have sued or been sued, but the same suit or proceedings shall be continued in the name of or against the successor of such person. | 1,787 | Suits not to abate | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | en |
90 | 90 | 90 | - | 21st May, 1860 | - | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | - | - | - | Provided that no society shall be dissolved unless three-fifths of the members shall have expressed a wish for such dissolution by their votes delivered in person, or by proxy, at a general meeting convened for the purpose: | 1,813 | - | 10 | ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 | en | null |
91 | 91 | 91 | null | 6th October, 1860 | - | The Penal Code, 1860 | 15.0 | OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY | Chapter XVI | 327. Whoever voluntarily causes hurt, for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer, or from any person interested in the sufferer, any property or valuable security, or of constraining the sufferer, or any person interested in such sufferer to do anything which is illegal or which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. | 3,179 | Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property or to constrain to an illegal act | 11 | ACT NO. XLV OF 1860 | en | en |
92 | 92 | 92 | null | 6th October, 1860 | - | The Penal Code, 1860 | 15.0 | OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY | Chapter XVI | 328. Whoever administers to or causes to be taken by any person any poison or any stupefying, intoxicating or un- wholesome drug, or other thing with intent to cause hurt to such person, or with intent to commit or to facilitate the commission of an offence or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby cause hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. | 3,180 | Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence | 11 | ACT NO. XLV OF 1860 | en | en |
93 | 93 | 93 | null | 6th October, 1860 | - | The Penal Code, 1860 | 15.0 | OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY | Chapter XVI | 329. Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer or from any person interested in the sufferer any property or valuable security, or of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in such sufferer to do anything that is illegal or which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall be punished with | 3,181 | Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act | 11 | ACT NO. XLV OF 1860 | en | en |
94 | 94 | 94 | null | 6th October, 1860 | - | The Penal Code, 1860 | 15.0 | OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY | Chapter XVI | 330. Whoever voluntarily causes hurt, for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer or any person interested in the sufferer, any confession or any information which may lead to the detection of an offence or misconduct, or for the purpose of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in the sufferer to restore or to cause the restoration of any property or valuable security or to satisfy any claim or demand, or to give information which may lead to the restoration of any property or valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. | 3,182 | Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property | 11 | ACT NO. XLV OF 1860 | en | en |
95 | 95 | 95 | null | 6th October, 1860 | - | The Penal Code, 1860 | 15.0 | OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY | Chapter XVI | 331. Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer or any person interested in the sufferer any confession or any information which may lead to the detection of an offence or misconduct, or for the purpose of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in the sufferer to restore or to cause the restoration of any property or valuable security or to satisfy any claim or demand or to give information which may lead to the restoration of any property or valuable security shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. | 3,183 | Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property | 11 | ACT NO. XLV OF 1860 | en | en |
96 | 96 | 96 | null | 6th October, 1860 | - | The Penal Code, 1860 | 15.0 | OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY | Chapter XVI | 332. Whoever voluntarily causes hurt to any person being a public servant in the discharge of his duty as such public servant, or with intent to prevent or deter that person or any other public servant from discharging his duty as such public servant, or in consequence of anything done or attempted to be done by that person in the lawful discharge of his duty as such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both. | 3,184 | Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty | 11 | ACT NO. XLV OF 1860 | en | en |
97 | 97 | 97 | null | 6th October, 1860 | - | The Penal Code, 1860 | 15.0 | OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY | Chapter XVI | 335. Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation, if he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause grievous hurt to any person other than the person who gave the provocation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to four years, or with fine which may extend to two thousand taka, or with both. | 3,187 | Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on provocation | 11 | ACT NO. XLV OF 1860 | en | en |
98 | 98 | 98 | null | 6th October, 1860 | - | The Penal Code, 1860 | 15.0 | OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY | Chapter XVI | 334. Whoever voluntarily causes hurt on grave and sudden provocation, if he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause hurt to any person other than the person who gave the provocation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred taka, or with both. | 3,186 | Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation | 11 | ACT NO. XLV OF 1860 | en | en |
99 | 99 | 99 | null | 6th October, 1860 | - | The Penal Code, 1860 | 15.0 | OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY | Chapter XVI | 336. Whoever does any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life or the personal safety of others, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty taka, or with both. | 3,188 | Act endangering life or personal safety to others | 11 | ACT NO. XLV OF 1860 | en | en |
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