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Act Number: 12

Act Name: The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887

Year: 1887

Enactment Date: 1887-03-11

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Civil Courts in Bengal, the North-Western Provinces and Assam.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Justice

Section NumberTitleActions
1Title, extent and commencement.
2Repeal.
3Classes of Courts.
4Number of District Judges, Subordinate Judges and Munsifs.
5[Repealed.] .
6Vacancies among District or Subordinate Judges.
7[Repealed.] .
8Additional Judges.
9Administrative control of courts.
10Temporary charge of District Court.
11Transfer of proceedings on vacation of office of Subordinate Judge.
12[Repealed.] .
13Power to fix local limits of jurisdiction of Courts.
14Place of sitting of Courts.
15Vacations of Courts.
16Seals of Courts.
17Continuance of proceedings of Courts ceasing to have jurisdiction.
18Extent of original jurisdiction of District or Subordinate Judge.
19Extent of jurisdiction of Munsif.
20Appeals from District and Additional Judges.
21Appeals from Subordinate Judges and Munsifs.
22Power to transfer to Subordinate Judges appeals from Munsifs.
24Disposal of proceedings referred to in last foregoing section.
25Power to invest Subordinate Judges and Munsifs with Small Cause Court jurisdiction.
26[Repealed.].
27[Repealed.].
28[Repealed.].
29[Repealed.].
30[Repealed.].
31[Repealed.].
32[Repealed.].
33[Repealed.].
34[Repealed.].
35[Repealed.].
36Power to confer powers of Civil Courts on officers.
37Certain decisions to be according to Native law.
38Judges not to try suits in which they are interested.
39Subordination of Courts to District Court.
40Application of Act to State Courts of Small Causes .
23Exercise by Subordinate Judge or Munsif of jurisdiction of District Court in certain proceedings.
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