Act Number: 3

Act Name: The Madras Civil Courts Act, 1873

Year: 1873

Enactment Date: 1873-01-21

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law realating to the Civil Courts of the Madras Presidency subordinate to the High Court.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Justice

Section 10: Local limits of jurisdiction of District Court or Subordinate Judge.
    The Local Government shall fix, and may from time to time vary, the local limits of the juris-diction of any District Judge Subordinate Judge under this Act:
     Local limits of jurisdiction of each of several Subordinate Judges. — Provided that, where more than one Subordinate Judge is appointed to any district, the District Judge may assign to each such Subordinate Judge the local limits of his particular jurisdiction within such district.
     The present local limits of the jurisdiction of every Civil Court (other than the High Court) shall be deemed to have been fixed under this Act.
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