Act Number: 10

Act Name: The Bombay Revenue Jurisdiction Act, 1876

Year: 1876

Enactment Date: 1876-03-28

Long Title: An Act to limit the jurisdiction of the Civil Courts throughout the Bombay Presidency in matters relating to the Land-revenue, and for other purposes.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 7: Punishment or prosecution of Revenue officers not a bar to civil remedies.
    Nothing in any law for the time being in force which authorizes the punishment departmentally of any Revenue officer for any offence or breach of duty, or which sanctions his prosecution criminally for such offence or breach, shall be held to bar any remedy which may be had in the Civil Court against such officer.
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