Act Number: 12

Act Name: The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887

Year: 1887

Enactment Date: 1887-03-11

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Civil Courts in Bengal, the North-Western Provinces and Assam.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Justice

Section 1: Title, extent and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called the Bengal, 1[Agra] and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887.
     (2) It extends to the territories 2[which were on the 11th March, 1887,] respectively administered by the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, the Lieutenant-Governor of the NorthWestern Provinces and the Chief Commissioner of Assam, except such portions of those territories as for the time being are not subject to the ordinary civil jurisdiction of the High Courts 3***; and
     (3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1887.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 16 of 1911, s. 2, for "North-Western Provinces".
2 Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "for the time being".
3. The words "and except the Jhansi Division" rep. by Act 20 of 1890, s. 9.
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