Legal glossary

“appropriate authority”

Defined in 8 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
  1. The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006 · s. 2

    (c) "appropriate authority" means the University Grants Commission, the Bar Council of India, the Medical Council of India, the All India Council for Technical Education or any other authority or body established by or under a Central Act for the determination, coordination or maintenance of the standards of higher education in any Central Educational Institution; - (d) "Central Educational Institution" means —
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  2. The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers Cadre) Act, 2019 · s. 2

    (a) "appropriate authority" means the University Grants Commission established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956), or any other authority or body established by or under a Central Act for the determination, coordination or maintenance of the standards of higher education in any Central Educational Institution;
    Read section 2
  3. The Delhi School Education Act, 1973 · s. 2

    (e) "appropriate authority" means,—
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  4. The Income-tax Act, 1961 · s. 269UA

    (c) "appropriate authority" means an authority constituted under section 269UB to perform the functions of an appropriate authority under this Chapter; - (d) "immovable property" means—
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  5. The Representation of the People Act, 1951 · s. 2

    (b) "appropriate authority" means, in relation to an election to the House of the People or the Council of States[2] *, the Central Government, and in relation to an election to the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council of a State, the State Government; 3[(bb) "chief electoral officer" means the officer appointed under section 13A of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);]
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  6. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 · s. 2

    (c) "appropriate authority" means the appropriate authority appointed under Section 35;
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  7. The Tokyo Convention Act, 1975 · s. 2

    (b) "appropriate authority" means—
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  8. The Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 · s. 2

    (b) "Appropriate Authority" means the Appropriate Authority appointed under section 13;
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