Section 1:
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the 1Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Act, 1879: and
Commencement.--it shall come into force on the first day of November, 1879.
Local extent.-- 2[This section and]
except 4[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part
B States]]. The rest of this Act 5extends only to the districts of Poona, Satara, Sholapur and
Ahmednagar 6[but may, from time to time, be extended wholly or in part by the State
Government 7*** to any other district or districts in the 8[territories which, immediately before the
1st November, 1956, were comprised in the State of Bombay,]]
9[or to any part or parts of any
other such district or districts].
Notes:
1. Acts 17 of 1879, 23 of 1881 and 22 of 1882 may be cited collectively as the Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Acts, 1879 to 1882--
see s. 1(1) of the Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Act, 1882 (22 of 1882). The Acts of 1879 to 1882 and Act 23 of 1886 may be
cited collectively as the Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Acts, 1879 to 1886--see s. 1(1) of the Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief
Act, 1886 (23 of 1886). The Acts of 1879 to 1886 and Act 6 of 1895 may be cited collectively as the Dekkhan Agriculturists'
Relief Acts, 1879 to 1895--see s. 1(1) of the Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Act, 1895 (6 of 1895). The Acts of 1879 to 1895
and Bom. Act 1 of 1902 may be cited collectively as the Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Acts, 1876 to 1902--see s. 1(1) of the
Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Act, 1902 (Bom. 1 of 1902).
2. These words were inserted by Act 23 of 1881, Section 3, and are to be deemed to have always been inserted.
3. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "all the Provinces of India".
4. Subs by the A.L.O., 1956 for "Part B States".
5. The Act was repealed in the State of Bombay, with effect from 27-5-1950 by the Bombay Agricultural Debtors' Relief Act, 1947
Bom. 28 of 1947), s. 56 as amended. Hence the part applicable to that State only has not been reproduced.
6. Ins. by Act 23 of 1886, s. 3.
7. The words "with the previous sanction of the G.G. in C." rep. by Act 38 of 1920, s. 2 and Schedule I.
8. Subs. by 2 A.L.O., 1956 , for "State of Bombay" (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
9. Ins. by Act 23 of 1886, s. 3.