Bengal Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887 Section 1 - Bare Act

(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.