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The Company Secretaries Act, 1980
Enactment Date: 10-12-1980
Act Year: 1980
Ministry: Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Enforcement Date: 01-01-1981
Legal, Medical and Other Professions
Short Title
The Company Secretaries Act, 1980
Long Title
An Act to make provision for the regulation and development of the profession of Company Secretaries.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 10-12-1980
Act Year: 1980
Ministry: Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Enforcement Date : 01-01-1981
Section 25(1)(b)
Crime: Awarding any degree, diploma or certificate or bestow any designation which indicates the position or attainment of any qualification or competence in Company Secretaryship similar to that of a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Section 25(1)(c)
Crime: Seeking to regulate the profession of Company Secretaries in a way not provided by this Act.
Section 25(1)(a)
Crime: Using a name or a common seal which is identical or deceptively similar to the name or the common seal of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Section 24(b)
Crime: A member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India representing that they practice as a Company Secretary, without having a certificate of practice.
Section 24(a)(iii)
Crime: Using the letters “A.C.Section” or “F.C.Section” after one's name, while not being a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Section 24(a)(ii)
Crime: Using the designation “Company Secretary” without being a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Section 24(a)(i)
Crime: Falsely representing that one is a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Section 27.
Crime: Not being a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, signing any document on behalf of a Company Secretary in practice or a firm in professional capacity.
Section 26.
Crime: Company practicing as Company Secretaries.
The Competition Act, 2002
Enactment Date: 13-01-2003
Act Year: 2003
Ministry: Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Enforcement Date: 31-03-2003
Corporate Law
Short Title
The Competition Act, 2002
Long Title
An Act to provide, keeping in view of the economic development of the country, for the establishment of a Commission to prevent practices having adverse effect on competition, to promote and sustain competition in markets, to protect the interests of consumers and to ensure freedom of trade carried on by other participants in markets, in India, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 13-01-2003
Act Year: 2003
Ministry: Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Enforcement Date : 31-03-2003
Section 42(3)
Crime: Failing to pay the penalty imposed by the Commission.
Section 42(3)
Crime: Failing to comply with the orders or directions issued by the Commission.
The Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974
Enactment Date: 13-12-1974
Act Year: 1974
Ministry: Ministry of Finance
Department: Department of Revenue
Enforcement Date: 19-12-1974
Financial Laws
Short Title
The Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974
Long Title
An Act to provide for preventive detention in certain cases for the purposes of conservation and augmentation of Foreign Exchange and prevention of smuggling activities and for matters connected therewith.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 13-12-1974
Act Year: 1974
Ministry: Ministry of Finance
Department: Department of Revenue
Enforcement Date : 19-12-1974
Section 7(1)(b)
Crime: Failing to comply with an order directing an absconding person to appear before such officer, at such place and within such period as may be specified
Section 12(4)
Crime: Failing to surrender at the specified time and place to the authorities after being temporarily released
The Consumer Protection Act, 2019
Enactment Date: 09-08-2019
Act Year: 2019
Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Department: Department of Consumer Affairs
Consumer Affairs
Short Title
The Consumer Protection Act, 2019
Long Title
An Act to provide for protection of the interests of consumers and for the said purpose, to establish authorities for timely and effective administration and settlement of consumers' disputes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 09-08-2019
Act Year: 2019
Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Department: Department of Consumer Affairs
Enforcement Date :
Section 93(b)
Crime: The Director General or any officer, seizing any record, register, document or article without reasonable grounds.
Section 93(a)
Crime: The Director General or any officer, searching any premises without reasonable grounds.
Section 91(1)(c)
Crime: Manufacturing for sale any spurious goods, resulting in the death of a consumer.
Section 91(1)(c)
Crime: Selling, distributing or storing any spurious goods, resulting in the death of a consumer.
Section 91(1)(c)
Crime: Importing any spurious goods, resulting in the death of a consumer.
Section 91(1)(b)
Crime: Manufacturing for sale any spurious goods, causing injury resulting in grievous hurt to the consumer.
Section 91(1)(b)
Crime: Selling, distributing or storing any spurious goods, causing injury resulting in grievous hurt to the consumer.
Section 91(1)(b)
Crime: Importing any spurious goods, causing injury resulting in grievous hurt to the consumer.
Section 91(1)(a)
Crime: Manufacturing for sale any spurious goods, causing injury not amounting to grievous hurt to the consumer.
Section 91(1)(a)
Crime: Selling, distributing or storing any spurious goods, causing injury not amounting to grievous hurt to the consumer.
Section 91(1)(a)
Crime: Importing any spurious goods, causing injury not amounting to grievous hurt to the consumer.
Section 90(1)(d)
Crime: Manufacturing for sale any product containing an adulterant, resulting in the death of a consumer.
Section 90(1)(d)
Crime: Selling, distributing or storing any product containing an adulterant, resulting in the death of a consumer.
Section 90(1)(d)
Crime: Importing any product containing an adulterant, resulting in the death of a consumer.
Section 90(1)(c)
Crime: Manufacturing for sale any product containing an adulterant, causing injury resulting in grievous hurt to the consumer.
Section 90(1)(c)
Crime: Selling, distributing or storing any product containing an adulterant, causing injury resulting in grievous hurt to the consumer.
Section 90(1)(c)
Crime: Importing any product containing an adulterant, causing injury resulting in grievous hurt to the consumer.
Section 90(1)(b)
Crime: Manufacturing for sale any product containing an adulterant, causing injury not amounting to grievous hurt to the consumer.
Section 90(1)(b)
Crime: Selling, distributing or storing any product containing an adulterant, causing injury not amounting to grievous hurt to the consumer.
Section 90(1)(b)
Crime: Importing any product containing an adulterant, causing injury not amounting to grievous hurt to the consumer.
Section 90(1)(a)
Crime: Manufacturing for sale any product containing an adulterant, which does not result in any injury to the consumer.
Section 90(1)(a)
Crime: Selling, distributing or storing any product containing an adulterant, which does not result in any injury to the consumer.
Section 90(1)(a)
Crime: Importing any product containing an adulterant, which does not result in any injury to the consumer.
Section 89.
Crime: Any manufacturer or service provider causing a false or misleading advertisement to be made which is prejudicial to the interest of consumers.
Section 88.
Crime: Failing to comply with any direction by the Central Authority regarding recall of goods and false or misleading advertisements.
Section 72(1)
Crime: Failing to comply with any order made by the District Commission or the State Commission or the National Commission.
The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
Enactment Date: 24-12-1971
Act Year: 1971
Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice
Department: Department of Justice
Enforcement Date: 24-12-1971
Administration of Justice
Short Title
The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
Long Title
An Act to define and limit the powers of certain courts in punishing contempts of courts and to regulate their procedure in relation thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 24-12-1971
Act Year: 1971
Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice
Department: Department of Justice
Enforcement Date : 24-12-1971
Section 12(1) r/w Section 2(c)
Crime: Committing criminal contempt by publishing any matter which scandalises or lowers the authority of any court, interferes with due course of any judicial proceeding, or obstructs the administration of justice.
Section 12(1) r/w Section 2(c)
Crime: Committing criminal contempt by doing any act which scandalises or lowers the authority of any court, interferes with due course of any judicial proceeding, or obstructs the administration of justice.
Section 12(1) r/w Section 2(b)
Crime: Committing civil contempt of court by wilfully disobeying any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other process of a court.
Section 12(1) r/w Section 2(b)
Crime: Committing civil contempt of court by wilfully breaching an undertaking given to a court.
The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
Enactment Date: 05-09-1970
Act Year: 1970
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date: 10-02-1971
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
Long Title
An Act to regulate the employment of contract labour in certain establishments and to provide for its abolition in certain circumstances and for matters connected therewith.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 05-09-1970
Act Year: 1970
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date : 10-02-1971
Section 23.
Crime: Contravening any condition of a license granted under this Act
Section 23
Crime: Contravening any provision of this Act or rules which prohibits, regulates, restricts the employment of contract labour
Section 22(2)
Crime: Wilfully refusing to produce on demand of an inspector any register or document
Section 22(2)
Crime: Preventing to prevent or doing anything to prevent any person from appearing before or being examined by an inspector.
Section 22(1)
Crime: Obstructing an inspector or refusing or wilfully neglecting to afford the inspector any reasonable facility for making any inspection, examination, inquiry or investigation in relation to an establishment or contractor
Section 24
Crime: Contravening any of the provisions of this Act or any rule made thereunder for which no punishment is otherwise provided.
The Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002
Enactment Date: 14-01-2003
Act Year: 2003
Ministry: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Enforcement Date: 27-01-2005
Transportation and Infrastructure
Short Title
The Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002
Long Title
An Act to provide for control of land within the National Highways, right of way and traffic moving on the National Highways and also for removal of unauthorised occupation thereon.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 14-01-2003
Act Year: 2003
Ministry: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Enforcement Date : 27-01-2005
Section 39.
Crime: Person/company evicted from unauthorised occupation on a highway land, occupying any highway land again without permission
The Copyright Act, 1957
Enactment Date: 04-06-1957
Act Year: 1957
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department: Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
Enforcement Date: 21-01-1958
Intellectual Property Law
Short Title
The Copyright Act, 1957
Long Title
An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to copyright.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 04-06-1957
Act Year: 1957
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department: Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
Enforcement Date : 21-01-1958
Section 68A r/w Section 52A(2)
Crime: Publishing a video film without showing the copy of certificate granted by Board of Film Certification, name and address of the person who made the video film and a declaration by him that he has obtained necessary license or consent from owner of copyright, name and address of owner of copyright in such work
Section 68A r/w Section 52A(1)
Crime: Publishing a sound recording without showing the name and address of the person who made the record, the name and address of the owner of copyright or the year of its first publication
Section 67
Crime: Making or causing to be made a false entry in the Register of Copyrights
Section 67
Crime: Making or causing to be made a writing falsely purporting to be a copy of any entry in Register of Copyrights
Section 67
Crime: Producing or tendering or causing to be produced or tendered as evidence any entry or writing, knowing it to be false
Section 65B(ii)
Crime: Knowingly distributing, importing for distribution, broadcasting or communicating to the public copies of any work or performance, with knowledge that electronic rights management information has been removed or altered without authority
Section 65B(i)
Crime: Knowingly removing or altering any rights management information without authority
Section 65A(1)
Crime: Circumventing any technological measures applied for purpose of protecting any rights conferred by Copyright Act with the intention to infringe such rights
Section 65
Crime: Knowingly making or possessing any plate for the purpose of making infringing copy of any work in which copyright subsists
Section 63B.
Crime: Knowingly using an infringing copy of a computer programme
Section 63
Crime: Knowingly infringing the copyright in a work
Section 63
Crime: Knowingly infringing any other right than copyright conferred by Copyright Act
The Cost Accountants Act, 1959
Enactment Date: 19-05-1959
Act Year: 1959
Ministry: Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Enforcement Date: 28-05-1959
Legal, Medical and Other Professions
Short Title
The Cost Accountants Act, 1959
Long Title
An Act to make provision for the regulation of the profession of cost and works accountants.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 19-05-1959
Act Year: 1959
Ministry: Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Enforcement Date : 28-05-1959
Section 27
Crime: Person, other than a member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India, signing any document on behalf of cost accountant in practice or a firm of such cost accountants in their professional capacity.
Section 25(1)(iii)
Crime: Seeking to regulate in any manner whatsoever the profession of cost accountants.
Section 25(1)(ii)
Crime: Awarding any degree, diploma or certificate or bestowing any designation which indicates the position or attainment of any qualification or competence in cost accountancy similar to that of a member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.
Section 25(1)(i)
Crime: Using a name or a common seal which is identical to or resembles the Institute of Cost Accountants of India's name or common seal likely to decieve the public
Section 24(ii)
Crime: Practising as a cost accountant or representing oneself in practice without having a certificate of practice.
Section 24(i)(b)
Crime: Non-member using the designation of cost accountant.
Section 24(i)(a)
Crime: Non-member representing oneself as a member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.
Section 26(2)
Crime: Company, whether incorporated in India or elsewhere, practicing as cost accountants.
The Court-Fees Act, 1870
Enactment Date: 11-03-1870
Act Year: 1870
Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice
Department: Department of Justice
Enforcement Date: 11-04-1870
Administration of Justice
Short Title
The Court-Fees Act, 1870
Long Title
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 11-03-1870
Act Year: 1870
Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice
Department: Department of Justice
Enforcement Date : 11-04-1870
Section 34.
Crime: Person appointed to sell stamps, disobeying any rule made under this Act.
Section 34
Crime: Selling or offering for sale stamps without being appointed to do so