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Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 15. Jurisdiction, Powers and Authority of State Administrative Tribunals. - (1) Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, Administrative Tribunal for a State shall exercise, on and from the appointed day, all the jurisdiction, powers and authority exercisable immediate...
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 16. Jurisdiction, Powers and Authority of a Joint Administrative Tribunal. - A Joint Administrative Tribunal for two or more States shall exercise all the jurisdiction, powers and authority, exercisable by the Administrative Tribunals for such States.
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 17. Power to Punish for Contempt. - A Tribunal shall have, and exercise, the same jurisdiction, powers and authority in respect of contempt of itself as a High Court has and may exercise and, for this purpose, the provisions of the Contempt of Court Act, 1971 (70 of 1971), shal...
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 18. Distribution of Business amongst the Benches. - (1) When any Benches of a Tribunal are constituted the appropriate Government may from time to time, by notification, make provisions as to the distribution of the business of the Tribunal amongst the Benches and specify the m...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 19. Applications to Tribunals. - (1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, a person aggrieved by any order pertaining to any matter within the jurisdiction of a Tribunal may make an application to the Tribunal for the redressal of his grievance. Explanation : (a) by the...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 2. Act not to Apply to Certain Persons. - The provisions of this Act shall not apply to - (a) any member of the naval, military or air force or of any other armed forces of the Union; (b) Omitted (c) any officer or servant of the Supreme Court or any High Court or Courts sub...
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 20. Application not to be Admitted Unless Other Remedies Exhausted. - (1) A Tribunal shall not ordinarily admit an application unless it is satisfied that the applicant had availed of all the remedies available to him under the relevant service rules as to redressal of grievanc...
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 21. Limitation. - (1) A Tribunal shall not admit an application, - (a) in a case where a final order such as is mentioned in clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 20 has been made in connection with the grievance unless the application is made, within one year from the date...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 22. Procedure and Powers of Tribunals. - (1) A Tribunal shall not be bound by the procedure laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), but shall be guided by the principles of natural justice and subject to the other provisions of this Act and of any rules made...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 23. Right of Applicant to take Assistance of Legal Practitioner and of Government, Etc., to Appoint Presenting Officers. - (1) A person making an application to a Tribunal under this Act may either appear in person or take the assistance of a legal practitioner of his choice to ...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 24. Conditions as to Making of Interim Orders. - Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of this Act or in any other law for the time being in force, no interim order (whether by way of injunction or stay or in any other manner) shall be made on, or in any p...
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 25. Power of Chairman to Transfer Cases from One Bench to Another. - On the application of any of the parties and after notice to the parties, and after hearing such of them as he may desire to be heard, or on his own motion without such notice, the Chairman may transfer any ca...
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 26. Decision by Majority. - If the Members of a Bench differ in opinion on any point, the point shall be decided according to the opinion of the majority, if there is a majority, but if the Members are equally divided, they shall state the point or points on which they differ, ...
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 27. Execution of Orders of a Tribunal. - Subject to the other provisions of this Act and the rules, the order of a Tribunal finally disposing of an application or an appeal shall be final and shall not be called in question in any Court (including a High Court) and such order s...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 28. Exclusion of Jurisdiction of Courts except the Supreme Court under Article 136 of the Constitution. - On and from the date from which any jurisdiction, power and authority becomes exercisable under this Act by a Tribunal in relation to recruitment and matters concerning recr...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 29. Transfer of Pending Cases. - (1) Every suit or other proceeding pending before any court or other authority immediately before the date of establishment of a Tribunal under this Act, being a suit or proceeding the cause of action whether on it is based is such that it would...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 3. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -   (a) "Administrative Member", means a Member of a Tribunal who is not a Judicial Member within the meaning of clause (i);   (aa) "Administrative Tribunal", in relation to a State or, as the case may be, ...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 30. Proceedings before a Tribunal to be Judicial Proceedings. - All proceedings before a Tribunal shall be deemed to be judicial proceedings within the meaning of sections 193, 219 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 31. Members and Staff of Tribunal to be Public Servants. - The Chairman, Vice-Chairman and other members and the officers and other employees provided under section 13 to a Tribunal shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code ...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 32. Protection of Action taken in Good Faith. - Not suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Central or State Government or against the Chairman, Vice-Chairman or other Member of any Central Joint or State Administrative Tribunal, or any other person ...
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 33. Act to have Overriding Effect. - The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any law other than this Act.
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 34. Power to Remove Difficulties. - (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as appear to it to be n...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 35. Power of the Central Government to Make Rules. - (1) The Central Government may, subject to the provisions of section 36, by notification make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generally of the foregoing power such rules may provid...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 36. Power of the Appropriate Government to Make Rules. - The appropriate Government may, by notification, make rules to provide for all or any of the following matters namely, - (a) the financial and administrative power which the Chairman of a Tribunal may exercise over the B...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 37. Laying of Rules. - (1) Every rule made under this Act by the Central Government shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or m...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 4. Establishment of Administrative Tribunals. - (1) The Central Government shall by notification, establish an Administrative Tribunal to be known as the Central Administrative Tribunal, to exercise the jurisdiction powers and authority conferred on the Central Administrative ...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 5. Composition of Tribunals and Benches Thereof. - (1) Each Tribunal shall consist of a Chairman and such number of Vice-Chairman and judicial and Administrative Members as the appropriate Government may deem fit and, subject to the other provisions of this Act, the jurisdictio...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 6. Qualifications for Appointment of Chairman, Vice-Chairman or Other Members. - (1) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as the Chairman unless he - (a) is, or has been, a Judge of a High Court; or (b) has, for at least two years, held the office of Vice-Chairman...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 7. Vice-Chairman to Act as Chairman or to Discharge his Functions in Certain Circumstances. - (1) In the event of the occurrence of any vacancy in the office of the Chairman by reason of his death, resignation or otherwise, the Vice-Chairmen or, as the case may be, such one of t...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 8. Term of Office. - The Chairman, Vice-Chairman or other Member shall hold office as such for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office, but shall be eligible for re-appointment for another term of five years: Provided that no Chairman, Vice-Chair...
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 9. Resignation and Removal. (1) The Chairman, Vice-Chairman or other Members may, by notice in writing under his hand addressed to the President, resign his office: Provided that the Chairman, Vice-Chairman or other Member shall unless he is permitted by the President to reli...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Administrators-GeneralAct, 1963. (2) It extends to the whole of India 1***. (3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Administrators General Act, 1963
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10. Power of Administrator-General to collect and hold assets where immediate action is required.- Whenever any person has died leaving assets within any State exceeding rupees 1[ten lakhs] in value, and the High Court for that State is satisfied that there is imminent danger of misappropriation, deterioration or wast...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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11. Grant of probate or letters of administration to person appearing in the course of proceedings taken by Administrator-General.- If, in the course of proceedings to obtain letters of administration under the provisions of section 9 or section 10,- (a) any person appears and establishes his claim- (i) to probate of ...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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12. Grant of administration to Administrator-General in certain cases.- If, in the course of proceedings to obtain letters of administration under the provisions of section 9 or section 10, and within such period as to the High Court seems reasonable, no person appears and establishes his claim to probate of a will, or...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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13. Administrator-General not precluded from applying for letters within one month afterdeath.- Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to preclude the Administrator-General from applying to the High Court for letters of administration in any case within the period of one month from the death of the deceased.
Administrators General Act, 1963
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14. Recall of Administrator-General's administration and grant of probate, etc., to executor or next-of-kin.- If an executor or next-of-kin of the deceased, who has not been personally served with a citation or who has not had notice thereof in time to appear pursuant thereto, establishes to the satisfaction of the Hig...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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15. Cost of obtaining administration, etc., may, on revocation, be ordered to be paid toAdministrator-General out of estate.- If any letters of administration granted to theAdministrator-General in accordance with the provisions of this Act are revoked, the High Court may order the costs of obtaining such letters of ad...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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16. After revocation letters granted to Administrator-General to be deemed, as to him, to have been voidable only.- If any letters of administration granted to the Administrator-General in accordance with the provisions of this Act are revoked, the same shall, so far as regards theAdministrator-General and all persons ...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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17. Payments made by Administrator-General prior to revocation.- If any letters of administration granted to the Administrator-General in accordance with the provisions of this Act are revoked, upon the grant of probate of a will, or upon the grant of letters of administration with a copy of the will annexed, all payme...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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18.Administrator-General's petition for grant of letters of administration.- Whenever anyAdministrator-General applies for letters of administration in accordance with the provisions of this Act, it shall be sufficient if the petition required to be presented for the grant of such letters states,- (i) the time and plac...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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19. Name in which probate or letters to be granted.- All probates or letters of administration granted to any Administrator-General shall be granted to him by that name.
Administrators General Act, 1963
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2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "assets" means all the property, movable and immovable, of a deceased person, which is chargeable with and applicable to the payment of his debts and legacies, or available for distribution among his heirs and next-of-kin; (b) "letters of adminis...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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20. Effect of probate or letters granted to Administrator-General.- (1) Probate or letters of administration granted by the High Court to the Administrator-General of any State shall have effect over all the assets of the deceased throughout 1[India] and shall be conclusive as to the representative title against all de...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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21.[Effect of grant by the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir.] Omitted by the Central Laws(Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1968 (25 of 1968), s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 15-8-1968).
Administrators General Act, 1963
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22. Transfer by private executor or administrator of interest under probate or letters.- (1)Any private executor or administrator may, with the previous consent of the Administrator-General of the State in which any of the assets of the estate, in respect of which such executor or administrator has obtained probate or ...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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23. Distribution of assets.- (1) When the Administrator-General has given the prescribed notice to creditors and others to send in to him their claims against the estate of the deceased, he shall, at the expiration of the time therein named for sending in claims, be at liberty to distribute the assets or any part there...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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24. Appointment of Official Trustee as trustee of assets after completion of administration.- (1) When the Administrator-General has, so far as may be, discharged all the liabilities of an estate administered by him, he shall notify the fact in the Official Gazette, and he may, by an instrument in writing, with the con...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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25. Power of High Court to give directions regarding administration of estate.- The High Court may, on application made to it by the Administrator-General or any person interested in the assets or in the due administration thereof, give to the Administrator-General of the State any general or special directions as to a...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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26. No security to be required from Administrator-General.- No Administrator-General shall be required by any Court to enter into any administration bond, or to give other security to the Court, on the grant of any letters of administration to him by that name.
Administrators General Act, 1963
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27. Manner in which petition to be verified by Administrator-General.- NoAdministrator-General 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 his own personal knowledge, the petiti...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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28. Entry of Administrator-General not to constitute notice of a trust.- The entry of theAdministrator-General by that name in the books of a company shall not constitute notice of a trust, and a company shall not be entitled to object to entering the name of the Administrator-General on its register by reason only tha...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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29. In what cases Administrator-General may grant certificate.- (1) Whenever any person has died leaving assets within any State and the Administrator-General of such State is satisfied that such assets, excluding any sum of money deposited in a Government Savings Bank or in any provident fund to which the provisions o...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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3. Appointment of Administrator-General.- (1) The State Government shall appoint anAdministrator-General for the State: Provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to bar the appointment of the same person asAdministrator-General for two or more States. (2) No person shall be appointed to the office of Admin...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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30.Grant of certificate to creditors and power to take charge of certain estates.- (1) If, in cases falling within section 29, no person claiming to be interested otherwise than as a creditor in such assets or in the due administration thereof obtains, within three months of the death of the deceased, a certificate fro...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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31. Administrator-General not bound to grant certificate unless satisfied of claimant's title,etc.- The Administrator-General shall not be bound to grant any certificate under section 29 or section 30 unless he is satisfied after making such inquiry as he thinks fit of the title of the claimant and of the value of the ...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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32. Effect of certificate.- The holder of a certificate granted in accordance with the provisions of section 29 or section 30 shall have in respect of the assets specified in such certificate the same powers and duties, and be subject to the same liabilities as he would have had or been subject to if letters of adminis...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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33. Revocation of certificate.- (1) The Administrator-General may revoke a certificate granted under the provisions of section 29 or section 30 on any of the following grounds, namely:- (i) that the certificate was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation made to him; (ii) that the certificate was obtained by means of an...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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34. Surrender of revoked certificate.- (1) When a certificate is revoked in accordance with the provisions of section 33, the holder thereof shall, on the requisition of the Administrator-General, deliver it up to such Administrator-General, but shall not be entitled to the refund of any fee paid thereon. (2) If such p...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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35. Payment to holder of certificate before it is revoked.- When a certificate is revoked in accordance with the provisions of section 33, all payments made in good faith under such certificate to the holder thereof before such revocation, shall, notwithstanding such revocation, be a legal discharge to the person makin...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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36. Administrator-General not bound to take out administration on account of assets for which he has granted certificate.- The Administrator-General shall not be bound to take out letters of administration of the estate of any deceased person on account of the assets in respect of which he grants any certificate under ...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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37. Transfer of certain assets to executor or administrator in country of domicile fordistribution.- Where- (a) a person not having his domicile in any State 2[in India] has died leaving assets in any State and in the country in which he had his domicile at the time of his death, and (b) proceedings for the administrat...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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38. Liability of Government.- The Government shall be liable to make good all sums required to discharge any liability which the Administrator-General, if he were a private administrator, would be personally liable to discharge, except when the liability is one to which neither the Administrator-Generalnor any of his o...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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39. Creditor's suit against Administrator-General.- (1) If any suit be brought by a creditor against any Administrator-General, such creditor shall be liable to pay the costs of the suit unless he proves that not less than one month previous to the institution of the suit he had applied in writing to theAdministrator-G...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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4. Appointment and powers of Deputy Administrator-General.- (1) The State Government may appoint a Deputy or Deputies to assist the Administrator-General; and any Deputy so appointed shall, subject to the control of the State Government and the general or special orders of theAdministrator-General, be competent to disc...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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40. Notice of suit not required in certain cases.- Nothing in section 80 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), shall apply to any suit against the Administrator-General in which no relief is claimed against him personally. 1.Subs. by Act 33 of 2012, s. 2, for "two lakhs" (w.e.f. 1-7-2012). 2.Subs. by Act 25...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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41. Fees.- (1) There shall be charged in respect of the duties of the Administrator-General such fees, whether by way of percentage or otherwise, as may be prescribed by the State Government. (2) The fees under this section may be at different rates for different estates or classes of estates or for different duties, a...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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42. Disposal of fees.- (1) Any expenses which might be retained or paid out of any estate in the charge of the Administrator-General, if he were a private Administrator of such estate shall be so retained or paid and the fees described under section 41 shall be retained or paid in like manner as and in addition to such...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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43. Audit.- The accounts of every Administrator-General shall be audited at least once annually and at any other time if the State Government so directs, by the prescribed person and in the prescribed manner.
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44. Auditors to examine accounts and report to Government.- The auditors shall examine the accounts and forward to the State Government a statement thereof in the prescribed form, together with a report thereon and a certificate signed by them showing- (a) whether the accounts have been audited in the prescribed manner...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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45.Power of auditors to summon and examine witnesses, and to call for documents.- (1)Every auditor shall have all the powers vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), when trying a suit, in respect of the following matters, namely:- (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of witnes...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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46. Costs of audit, etc.- The costs of and incidental of such audit and examination shall be determined in accordance with rules made by the State Government, and shall be defrayed in the prescribed manner.
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47. General powers of administration.- The Administrator-General 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 estate in his charge; a...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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48. Power to summon and examine witnesses.- (1) The Administrator-General may, whenever he desires, for the purposes of this Act, to satisfy himself regarding any question of fact, exercise all the powers vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), when trying a suit, in respect of the ...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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49. Power of person beneficially interested to inspect Administrator-General's account, etc., and take copies.- Any person interested in the administration of any estate which is in the charge of the Administrator-General shall, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed, be entitled at all reason...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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5. Incorporation.- The Administrator-General shall be a corporation sole by the name ofAdministrator-General of the State for which he is appointed, and, as such Administrator-General, shall have perpetual succession and an official seal, and may sue and be sued in his corporate name.
Administrators General Act, 1963
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50. False evidence.- Whoever, during any examination authorised by this Act, makes upon oath a statement which is false and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true, shall be deemed to have intentionally given false evidence in a stage of a judicial proceeding.
Administrators General Act, 1963
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51. Assets unclaimed for twelve years to be transferred to Government.- All assets in the charge of the Administrator-General which have been in his custody for a period of twelve years or upwards, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, without any application for payment thereof having been made and gra...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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52. Mode of proceeding by claimant to recover principal money so transferred.- (1) If any claim is hereafter made to any part of the assets transferred to the account and credit of the Government under the provisions of this Act, or any Act hereby repealed, and if such claim is established to the satisfaction of the pr...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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53. Succession Act or Companies Act not to affect Administrator-General.- Nothingcontained in the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), or the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), shall be taken to supersede or affect the rights, duties and privileges of any Administrator-General.
Administrators General Act, 1963
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54. Savings of provisions of Police Acts for presidency-towns.- Nothing contained in the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), or in this Act, shall be deemed to affect, or to have affected, any law for the time being in force relating to the movable property under four hundred rupees in value of persons dying inte...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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55. Order of court to be equivalent to decree.- Any order made under this Act by any court shall have the same effect as a decree.
Administrators General Act, 1963
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56. Provision for administration by Consular Officer in case of death in certain circumstances of foreign subject.- Notwithstanding anything in this Act, or in any other law for the time being in force, the Central Government may, by general or special order, direct that, where a subject of a foreign State dies in 1[In...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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57. Letters of administration not necessary in respects of small estates administered byAdministrator-General in accordance with certain Acts.- It shall not be necessary for theAdministrator-General to take out letters of administration of the estate of any deceased person which is being administered by him in accordan...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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58.Powers to grant Administrator-General letters limited for purpose of dealing with assets in accordance with the Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act, 1950, or the Navy Act, 1957.- If the Administrator-General applies in accordance with the provisions of the Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Pr...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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59.Act not to affect Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act, 1950, or the Navy Act, 1957.- Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect the provisions of the Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act, 1950 (40 of 1950), or the Navy Act, 1957 (62 of 1957).
Administrators General Act, 1963
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6. Jurisdiction of High Court for the whole State.- So far as regards the Administrator-Generalof any State, the High Court shall be deemed to be a Court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of granting probate or letters of administration under any law for the time being in force, wheresoever within the State the...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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60. Saving of provisions of Indian Registration Act, 1908.- Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect the provisions of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908).
Administrators General Act, 1963
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61.Power of Central Government to make rules.- The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules as to the terms and conditions on which letters of administration may be granted to Consular Officers under section 56. 1.Subs. by Act 25 of 1968, s. 2 and the Schedule, for "the territories to...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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62. Power of State Government to make rules.- (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act, and for regulating the proceedings of the Administrator-General. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, s...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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63. Laying of rules made by Central Government before Parliament.- Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days, which may be comprised in one session or2[in two or mor...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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64. Repeal and savings.- (1) The Administrator-General's Act, 1913 (3 of 1913), is hereby repealed. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), relating to the effect of repeals, the repeal effected by this section shall not affect the incorporation of any pe...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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7. Administrator-General entitled to letters of administration, unless granted tonext-of-kin.- Any letters of administration granted by the High Court shall be granted to theAdministrator-General of the State unless they are granted to the next-of-kin of the deceased.
Administrators General Act, 1963
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8. Administrator-General, entitled to letters of administration in preference to creditors, certain legatees or friends.- The Administrator-General of the State shall be deemed by all the courts in the State to have a right to letters of administration other than letters pendente lite in preference to that of- (a) a cr...
Administrators General Act, 1963
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9. Right of Administrator-General to apply for administration of estates.- (1) If- (a) any person has died leaving within any State assets exceeding rupees 1[ten lakhs] in value, and (b) (whether the obtaining of probate of his will or letters of administration to his estate is or is not obligatory), no person to whom ...
Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017
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1. Short title, application and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017. (2) It shall apply to every vessel, irrespective of the place of residence or domicile of the owner: Provided that this Act shall not apply to an inland vessel defined in cl...
Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017
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10. Order of priority of maritime claims. (1) The order of maritime claims determining the inter se priority in an admiralty proceeding shall be as follows:- (a) a claim on the vessel where there is a maritime lien; (b) registered mortgages and charges of same nature on the vessel; (c) all other claims. (2) The followi...
Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017
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11. Protection of owner, demise charterer, manager or operator or crew of vessel arrested. (1) The High Court may, as a condition of arrest of a vessel, or for permitting an arrest already effected to be maintained, impose upon the claimant who seeks to arrest or who has procured the arrest of the vessel, an obligation...
Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017
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12. Application of Code of Civil Procedure. The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) shall apply in all the proceedings before the High Court in so far as they are not inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder.
Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017
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13. Assistance of assessors. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Central Government shall appoint by notification, a list of assessors with such qualifications and experience in admiralty and maritime matters, the nature of duties to be performed by them, the fees to...