Act Number: 4

Act Name: The Commercial Courts Act, 2015

Year: 2016

Enactment Date: 2016-12-31

Long Title: An Act to provide for the constitution of Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division in the High Courts for adjudicating commercial disputes of specified value and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Legal Affairs

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
    1[(1) This Act may be called the Commercial Courts Act, 2015.]
     (2) It extends to the whole of India 2***.
     (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 23rd day of October, 2015.
    
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 3-5-2018).
2. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31- 10-2019).
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