(Secs. 1-2.) Short title and commencement. Amendments in Act II of 1886. (f) for the application to the officers and servants employed by the ACT No. XI of 1903.1 [25th March, 1903.] An Act further to amend the Indian Income-tax Act, 1886. WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Indian Income-tax Act, II of 1886. 1886; It is hereby enacted as follows: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Income-tax (Amendment) Act, 1903; and (2) It shall come into force on the first day of April, 1903. 2. (1) In section 5, sub-section (1), clause (), of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1886, for the words "five hundred" the words "one thousand" shall II of 1886. be substituted. (2) In section 41 of the said Act, for the words "forty-one rupees ten annas and eight pies" and "five hundred," the words "eighty-three rupees five annas and four pies" and "one thousand," respectively, shall be substituted. (3) In the second column of Part III of the Second Schedule to the said Act, for the figures "500" the figures "1,000 " shall be substituted. (4) For sub-head (a) in the second column of Part IV of the said Schedule the following sub-heads shall be substituted, namely: "(a) If the annual income is assessed at not less than Rs. 1,000 but less than Rs. 1,250 the tax shall be Rs. 20 1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1903, Pt. V, p. 453; and for Proceedings in Council, see ibid, Pt. VI, pp. 46 and 62. General Acts, Vol. V. VIII of 1894. VIII of 1891. (Sections 1-3.) ACT No. XII OF 1903.1 [29th August, 1903.] An Act further to amend the Indiau Tariff Act, 1894. WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Indian Tariff Act, 1894'; It is hereby enacted as follows :— and duration. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Tariff (Amendment) Act, 1903. Short title (2) Section 3 shall remain in force until the thirty-first day of March, 1904. 2. In section 8A, sub-section (1), of the Indian Tariff Act, 1894, as amended XIV of 1899. by section 2 of the Indian Tariff Amendment Act, 189, before the words "the exportation therefrom" the words "the production therein or" shall be inserted. VIII of 1894. 3. After section 8B of the Indian Tariff Act, 1894, as amended by section VIII of 1902. 2 of the Indian Tariff (Amendment) Act, 1902, the following section shall be added, namely: VIII of 1902. "80. Notwithstanding that the condition precedent to the imposition of a duty under section 84 may have ceased to exist, and notwithstanding any thing in section 1, sub-section (2), of the Indian Tariff (Amendment) Act, 1902,5 any duties which may have been imposed and are chargeable under section 84 or section 8B on the thirty-first day of August, 1903, shall continue to be chargeable in accordance with any rules in force on the said date: Provided that the Governor General in Council may, by notification in the Gazette of India, reduce the rate at which any such duty is levied, and amend or vary any such rules as aforesaid." 1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1903, Pt. V, p. 461; for Proceedings in Council, see ibid. Pt. VI. pp. 153 and 155. 2 General Acts, Ed. 1893, Vol. VI. This sub-section and section 3 are printed in italics, as they only remain in force up to 31st March, 1904. Printed supra, p. 108. Printed supra, p. 201. Amendment of section 8A, Act VIII, 1894. (Secs. 1-2.) ACT No. XIII OF 1903.1 [18th September, 1903.] Short title. Addition of new section after section 18, Act III, 1898. Lepers from Native States. An Act further to amend the Lepers Act, 1898. WHRREAS it is expedient further to amend the Lepers Act, 1898, by providing for the segregation and medical treatment in British India of lepers belonging to Native States; It is hereby enacted as follows: 1. This Act may be called the Lepers (Amendment) Act, 1903. III of 1898. 2. After section 18 of the Lepers Act, 1898, the following section shall be III of 1898. added, namely: 19. The Governor General in Council may, by notification in the Gazette of India, direct that any leper or class of lepers, with respect to whom an order for segregation and medical treatment has been made by a Magis trate having jurisdiction within the territories of any Native Prince or State in India, may be sent to any leper-asylum specified in such order; and thereupon the provisions of this Act and of any rules made thereunder shall, with such modifications not affecting the substance as may be reasonable and necessary to adapt them to the subject-matter, apply to any leper sent to a leper-asylum in persuance of such notification as though he had been sent by the order of a Magistrate having jurisdiction under this Act." For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1903, Pt. V, p. 467 for Preceedings in Council, see ibid, Pt. VI, pp. 158 and 163. (Secs. 1-2.) ACT No. XIV OF 1908.1 [23rd October, 1903.] An Act to give effect to the Foreign Marriages Order in Council, 1903. WHEREAS it is expedient to give effect to the Foreign Marriages Order in 1. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Foreign Marriage Act, 1903. 2. (1) Notice in writing of a marriage which it is intended to solemnize 55 & 56 Vict., under the Foreign Marriage Act, 1892, may be given by one of the parties intending such marriage, to c. 23. XV of 1872. Short title, extent and application Notice of tended to be marriage in solemnized under 55 & c. 23. (a) a Marriage Registrar appointed under the Indian Christian Marriage 56 Vict., (b) a District Magistrate, Chief Presidency Magistrate or Political Agent Provided that the party giving such notice as aforesaid shall have had his (2) Every notice given under this section shall state (a) the name, surname, age and profession or condition of each of the (b) the residence of each of them; (c) the time during which each of them has dwelt there; and (d) the place in which the intended marriage is to be solemnized ; 1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1903, Pt. V, p. 466; for Proceedings in Council, see ibid., Pt. VI, pp. 157 and 165. 2 Printed Vol. II of the Collection of Statutes relating to India, p. 914. General Acts, Vol. II. U and it shall contain a declaration by the party giving the notice to the effect that he believes that there is no impediment of kindred or affinity or other lawful hindrance to the solemnization of the said intended marriage. (3) A copy of every notice given under this section shall be published by being affixed in some conspicuous place in the office of the officer to whom the notice is given. (4) On the expiration of four clear days after such notice as aforesaid has been published in the manner prescribed by sub-section (3), the officer to whom the notice is given, unless he is aware of any impediment of kindred or affinity or other lawful hindrance to the solemnization of the said intended marriage shall, on payment of such fee (if any) as the Governor General in Council may fix in this behalf, furnish the party by whom the notice was given, with a certificate, under his hand and seal, to the effect that the notice has been so given and published. THE INDIAN EXTRADITION ACT, 1903 (XV or 1908). CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY. SECTIONS. 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 2. Definitions. CHAPTER II. SURRENDER OF FUGITIVE CRIMINALS IN CASE OF FOREIGN STATES. 3. (1) Requisition for surrender. (2) Summons or warrant for arrest. (3) Inquiry by Magistrate. (4) Committal. (5) Bail. (6) Magistrate's report. (7) Reference to High Court if Government thinks necessary. (8) Warrant for surrender. (9) Lawfulness of custody and re-taking under warrant for surrender. (10) Discharge of fugitive criminals committed to prison after two months. |