Act Number: 41

Act Name: The Calcutta High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction) Act, 1953

Year: 1953

Enactment Date: 1953-12-18

Long Title: An Act to extend the jurisdiction of the High Court at Calcutta to Chandernagore and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Justice

Section 3: Effect of certain orders.
    Any order made—
         (i) by the highest court of appeal in relation to Chandernagore before the 2nd day of May, 1950, or in any proceeding pending before that Court on that day; or
         (ii) by the Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands before the commencement of this Act in the discharge of his functions as the High Court for those Islands,
shall for all purposes have effect, not only as an order of that Court, or as the case may be, of the Chief Commissioner, but also as if it were an order made by the High Court at Calcutta.
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