{"id":1793,"date":"2009-06-19T18:14:04","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T12:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/laws\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2009-08-12T21:23:56","modified_gmt":"2009-08-12T16:23:56","slug":"the-original-gas-company-act-1867","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/acts\/the-original-gas-company-act-1867","title":{"rendered":"THE ORIGINAL GAS COMPANY, ACT 1867"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

An Act to empower the Oriental Gas Company Limited, to extend their operations to certain places in [the Provinces of India].<\/p>\n

Preamble.-WHEREAS under or by virtue of Act No. V of 1857.(to confer certain power on the Oriental Gas Company, Limited), certain powers exercisable only in Calcutta and its environs were conferred on the Oriental Gas Company, Limited; and whereas it is expedient to empower the said Company to extend, with the previous sanction of the
\n[Central Government], their operations to any other place in
\n[the
\nProvinces of India]; It is hereby enacted as follows:-<\/p>\n

1.[Interpretation clause.]<\/p>\n

1. [Interpretation clause.] Rep. by the A. O. 1937.2.Power to extend Act 5 of 1857.2. Power to extend Act 5 of 1857.-The 2[Central Government]
\nmay, by notification in the Official Gazette, extend the said Act No.
\nV of 1857, to any place 3[in 4[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were composed in Part A States and Part
\nC States] ] other than Calcutta and its environs: Provided that, in every place to which the said Act shall be so extended, section 3 of the same Act shall be read as is after the words Town of Calcutta, the name of the place to which the said act shall be so extended were substituted: sanction 7 or the same Act shall be read as if for the words and figures Act xiv or 1856, the following- words were substituted; (that is to say) any law for the time being in force to provide for the conservancy and improvement of such place: Section 22.of the said Act shall be read, as if after the words Joint Stock
\nCompanies Act, 1856, the following words were inserted; (that is to say) ,the Indian Companies Act, 1866, or any other Statute or Act for the time being in force relating to Joint Stock Companies; and as if for the expression Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William, the name of the highest Civil Court of appeal in such place were substituted; and as if for the expression the territories of the East
\nIndia Company, the expression the States 4 *** were substituted.<\/p>\n

————<\/p>\n

———————————————————————
\n1. Subs. by the A.O. 1948, for “British India”.<\/p>\n

2, Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “L. G.”.<\/p>\n

3. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for “in the Provinces” which has been subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “within the territories subject to such
\nGovt.”.<\/p>\n

4. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for “the
\nStates”.<\/p>\n

5. The words “as defined in this Act” omitted by the A.O. 1948.———————————————————————-<\/p>\n

23.1.Interpretation clause.<\/p>\n

1. [Interpretation clause.] Rep, by the A.O. 1937.
\n2.Power to extend Act 5 of 1857.2.Power to extend Act 5 of 1857. The 2[Central Government] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, extend the said Act No. V of
\n1857, to any place 3[in 4 [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part A States and Part C
\nStates] 2 other than Calcutta and its environs: Provided that, in every place to which the said Act shall be so extended, section 3 of the same Act shall be read as if for the words Town of Calcutta, the name of the place to which the said Act shall be so extended were substituted: section 7 of the same Act shall be read as if for the words and figures Act XIV of 1856, the following words were substituted ; (that is to say) any law for the time being in force to provide for the conservancy and improvement of such place : Section
\n22 of the said Act shall be read, as if after the words Joint Stock
\nCompanies Act, 1856, the following words were inserted ; (that is to say) the Indian Companies Act, 1866, or any other Statute or Act for the time being in force relating to Joint Stock Companies; and as if for the expression Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William, the name of the highest Civil Court of appeal in such place were substituted ; and as if for the expression the territories of the
\nEast India Company, the expression the States 5* * * * were substituted.<\/p>\n

———————————————————————
\n1 Subs. by the A.O. 1948 for ” British India<\/p>\n

2 Subs. by the A.O. 1937 for ” 1.g. “.<\/p>\n

3 Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for ” in the provinces ” which has been subs. by the A. O., 1937 for ” within the territories subject to such Govt.”.<\/p>\n

4 Subs. by the Adaptation of laws (no. 2) order, 1956, for “the states”.<\/p>\n

5. the words ” as defined in this Act ” omitted by the A.O.
\n1948.———————————————————————<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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