Act Number: 13

Act Name: The Indian Telegraph Act, 1885

Year: 1885

Enactment Date: 1885-07-22

Long Title: An Act to amend the law relating to Telegraphs in India.

Ministry: Ministry of Communications

Department: Department of Telecommunications

Section 34: Application of Act to Presidency-towns.
    1[34. Application of Act to Presidency-towns.--(1) This Act, in its application to the Presidency-towns, shall be read as if for the words "District Magistrate" in section 16, subsection (1), and section 17, sub-sections (2) and (3), for the words "Magistrate of the first or second class" in section 18, sub-section (1), 2[and section 19A, sub-section (2)] and for the word "Magistrate" in section 18, sub-section (2), there had been enacted the words "Commissioner of Police", and for the words District Judge in section 16, sub-sections (3), (4) and (5), the words "Chief Judge of the Court of Small Causes".
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     (3) The fee in respect of an application to the Chief Judge of a Presidency Court of Small Causes under sub-section (3). of section 16 shall be the same as would be payable under the Court fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870), in respect of such an application to a District Judge beyond the limits of a Presidency-town, and fees for summonses and other processes in proceedings before the Chief Judge under sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of that section shall be payable according to the scale set forth in the Fourth Schedule to the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882 (15 of 1882).
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 11 of 1988, s. 1.
2. Ins. by Act 7 of 1914, s. 10.
3. Sub-section (2) omitted by the A.O. 1937
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