THE COLONIAL COURTS OF ADMIRALTY (INDIA) Act, 1891
[Act, No. 16 of 1891]
[AS ON 1955]
[14th May, 1891]
PREAMBLE
An Act to declare certain courts in India to be Colonial Courts of Admiralty.
WHEREAS it is provided by the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act,1890, that the legislature of a British possession may by any colonial law declare any Court of unlimited civil jurisdiction in that possession to be a Colonial Court of Admiralty ;
And whereas it is expedient, in pursuance of that provision, to declare certain Courts in India to be colonial Courts of Admiralty ;
It is hereby enacted as follows :--