Legal glossary

“designated authority”

Defined in 4 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
  1. The Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Act, 2020 · s. 2

    (e) "designated authority" means an officer not below the rank of a Commissioner of Income-tax notified by the Principal Chief Commissioner for the purposes of this Act;
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  2. The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 · s. 344K

    (c) "designated authority" means such authority as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify;
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  3. The Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 · s. 2

    (3) "designated authority" means such authority as may be notified by the Commissioner;
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  4. The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 · s. 2

    (e) "Designated Authority" means such officer of the Central Government not below the rank of Joint Secretary to that Government, or such officer of the State Government not below the rank of Secretary to that Government, as the case may be, as may be specified by the Central Government or the State Government, by notification published in the Official Gazette; 3 [(ea) "economic security" includes financial, monetary and fiscal stability, security of means of production and distribution, food security, livelihood security, energy security, ecological and environmental security;] 1[4[(eb)] "Order" means the Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (Implementation of Security Council Resolutions) Order, 2007, as may be amended from time to time;] 2 [(ec) "person" includes—
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