Section 1:
Short title. Extent of Act.
This Act may be called "The Bombay Civil Courts' Act, 1869," and
extends only to the territories (other than Sind) under the Government of the Governor of Bombay in
Council in which the Code of Civil Procedure is now in force. But the Governor of Bombay in Council
may, by notification in the Government Gazette, extend this Act to any other of the territories under such
Government in which the said Code is not in force, or to Sind.