Act Number: 23

Act Name: The Waste-Lands (Claims) Act, 1863

Year: 1863

Enactment Date: 1863-03-10

Long Title: WHEREAS it is expedient to make special provision for the speedy adjudication of claims which may be preferred to waste lands proposed to be sold, or otherwise dealt with, on account of Government, and of objections taken to the sale or other disposition of such lands ; It is enacted as follows.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 8: Noticeof constitution of special Courts. Claims not cognizable in otherCourts.
    Whenever any Court is constituted under this Act, notice thereof shall be given by a written proclamation, copies of which shall be affixed in the several Courts, and in the offices of the several Collectors and Magistrates of the District: and from the date of the issue of such proclamation, no other Court shall be competent to entertain any claim or objection, belonging to the class of claims or objections for the trial and determination of which such Court is constituted.
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