Act Info:
(1) This Act may be called The Bengal1[Agra] and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887.
(2) It extends to the territories2[which were on the 11th March, 1887,] respectively administered by the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces and the Chief Commissioner of Assam except such portions of those territories as for the time being are not subject to the ordinary civil jurisdiction of the High Courts3[* * *]; and
(3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1887.
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1. Substituted for the words "North-Western Provinces" by the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts ' (Amendment) Act, (16 of 1911), Section 2.
2. Substituted for the words "for the time being" by A. O. 1937.
3. The words "and except the Jhansi Division" were omitted by the United Provinces Act, 1890 (20 of 1890), Section 9.
Section 2 - Repeal
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(2)1[*] All Courts constituted, appointments, nominations, rules and orders made, jurisdiction and power conferred and lists published under the Bengal Civil Courts Act, 1871b or any enactment thereby repealed, or purporting expressly or impliedly to have been so constituted, made, conferred and published, shall be deemed to have been respectively constituted, made, conferred and published under this Act; and
(3) Any enactment or document referring to the Bengal Civil Courts Act, 1871, or to any enactment thereby repealed, shall be construed to refer to this Act or to the corresponding portion thereof.
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1. Sub-section (1) and the word 'But' at the beginning of sub-section (2) were repealed by the Amending Act, (12 of 1891), Section 2 and Sch. 1.