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The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act `1887

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Civil Courts in Bengal, the North-Western Provinces and Assam.
1887
List of Chapters & Sections

  1. PRELIMINARY

  2. 1
     Title, extent and commencement
  3. 2
     Repeal

  • CONSTITUTION OF CIVIL COURTS

  • 3
     Classes of Courts
  • 4
     Number of District Judges, Subordinate Judges and Munsifs
  • 5
     [Repealed.]
  • 6
     Vacancies among District or Subordinate Judges
  • 7
     [Repealed.]
  • 8
     Additional Judges
  • 9
     Administrative control of courts
  • 10
     Temporary charge of District Court
  • 11
     Transfer of proceedings on vacation of office of Subordinate Judge
  • 12
     [Repealed.]
  • 13
     Power to fix local limits of jurisdiction of Courts
  • 14
     Place of sitting of Courts
  • 15
     Vacations of Courts
  • 16
     Seals of Courts
  • 17
     Continuance of proceedings of Courts ceasing to have jurisdiction

  • ORDINARY JURISIDICTION

  • 18
     Extent of original jurisdiction of District or Subordinate Judge
  • 19
     Extent of jurisdiction of Munsif
  • 20
     Appeals from District and Additional Judges
  • 21
     Appeals from Subordinate Judges and Munsifs

  • SPECIAL JURISDICTION

  • 22
     Power to transfer to Subordinate Judges appeals from Munsifs
  • 23
     Exercise by Subordinate Judge or Munsif of jurisdiction of District Court in certain proceedings
  • 24
     Disposal of proceedings referred to in last foregoing section
  • 25
     Power to invest Subordinate Judges and Munsifs with Small Cause Court jurisdiction

  • CHAPTER V.--MISFEASANCE. Rep. by the A. O. 1937.

  • 26
     [Repealed.]
  • 27
     [Repealed.]
  • 28
     [Repealed.]
  • 29
     [Repealed.]

  • CHAPTER VI.--MINISTERIAL OFFICERS. Rep. by the A. O. 1937

  • 30
     [Repealed.]
  • 31
     [Repealed.]
  • 32
     [Repealed.]
  • 33
     [Repealed.]
  • 34
     [Repealed.]
  • 35
     [Repealed.]

  • SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS

  • 36
     Power to confer powers of Civil Courts on officers
  • 37
     Certain decisions to be according to Native law
  • 38
     Judges not to try suits in which they are interested
  • 39
     Subordination of Courts to District Court
  • 40
     Application of Act to State Courts of Small Causes