Act Number: 15

Act Name: The Laws Local Extent Act, 1874

Year: 1874

Enactment Date: 1874-12-08

Long Title: An Act for declaring the local extent of certain Enactments, and for other purposes.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 8: Savings.
    Nothing herein contained shall---
        (a) bar the power of the Central Government or the State Government under any law for the time being in force, to extend to any place any Act mentioned in the said first schedule;
        (b) extend any Act empowering the State Government to extend the same or any part thereof, or affect in any manner the exercise of such power;
        (c) affect the operation of any Act or Regulation heretofore extended to or declared to be in force in any of the Scheduled Districts;
        (d) revive any enactment which has been repealed either generally or with reference to some special subject;
        1* * * * *
        (j) extend to any of the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay any law not now in force therein;
        2[(jj) extend to Pargana Bhadohi or Pargana Kera Mangror in the Mirzapur district, or to Pargana Kaswa Raja in the Benares district, any law not now in force therein];
        (k) affect the operation of any enactment not mentioned in any of the schedules hereto annexed.
Notes:
1. Clauses (e) and (h) were rep. by Act 8 of 1887, clause (f) by Act 12 of 1891, clause (g) by Act 8 of 1890 and clause (i) by Act 4 of 1894.
2. Ins. by Act 14 of 1881, s.15.
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