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Bengal Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887 Complete Act - Bare Act

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Preamble1 - BENGAL, AGRA AND ASSAM CIVIL COURTS ACT, 1887
Chapter I
Section1 - Title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Repeal
Chapter II
Section3 - Classes of Courts
Section4 - Number of District Judges, Subordinate Judges and Munsifs
Section6 - Vacancies among District or Subordinate Judges
Section7 - Vacancies among Munsifs [Repealed]
Section8 - Additional Judges
Section9 - Administrative control of Courts
Section10 - Temporary charge of District Court
Section11 - Transfer of proceedings on vacation of office of Subordinate Judge
Section12 - Temporary charge of office of Munsif [repealed]
Section13 - Power to fix local limits of jurisdiction of Courts
Section14 - Place of sitting of Courts
Section15 - Vacations of Courts
Section16 - Seals of Courts
Section17 - Continuance of proceeding of Courts ceasing to have jurisdiction
Chapter III
Section18 - Extent of original jurisdiction of District or Subordinate Judge
Section19 - Extent of jurisdiction of Munsif
Section20 - Appeals from District and Additional Judges
Section21 - Appeals from Subordinate Judges and Munsifs
Chapter IV
Section22 - Power to transfer to Subordinate Judges appeals from Munsifs
Section23 - Exercise by Subordinate Judge or Munsif of jurisdiction of District Court in certain proceedings
Section24 - Disposal of proceedings referred to in last foregoing section
Section25 - Power to invest Subordinate Judges and Munsifs with Small Cause Court jurisdiction
Chapter V Chapter VI Chapter VII
Section36 - Power to confer powers of Civil Courts on officers
Section37 - Certain decisions to be according to Native law
Section38 - Judges not to try suits in which they are interested
Section39 - Subordination of Courts to District Court
Section40 - Application of Act to State Courts of Small Causes


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