THE ASSAM COURT OF WARDS (DELEGATION OF POWERS) ACT, 1943

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    "title": "THE ASSAM COURT OF WARDS (DELEGATION OF POWERS) ACT, 1943",
    "short_title": "The Assam Court of Wards (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1943",
    "act_number": "X",
    "act_year": 1943,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": "1943-07-16",
    "description": "The Assam Court of Wards (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1943",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "An Act to amend the Bengal Court of Wards Act, 1879, in\nits application to Assam.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 0
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Preamble",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Bengal Court of\nWards Act, 1879, in its application to Assam in the manner\nhereinafter appearing;\nIt is hereby enacted as follows:-",
            "footnote": "Bengal Act\nIX of 1879.",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
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            "content": "1.(1) This Act may be called the Assam Court of Wards\n(Delegation of Powers) Act, 1943.",
            "footnote": "",
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            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
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            "content": "(2) It extends to the whole of Assam.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Provin-\ncial Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,\nappoint in this behalf.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2",
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            "content": "2. Notwithstanding anything in the Bengal Court of\r\nWards Act, 1879, all or any of the powers it confers on a\r\nCollector may, subject to the previous approval of the\r\nCourt of Wards, be delegated by him to an officer appointed\r\nto assist him in the management of Court of Wards Estates.",
            "footnote": "Bengal Act\r\nIX of 1879.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "194310",
        "Act Number": "X",
        "Enactment Date": "1943-07-16",
        "Act Year": "1943",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Court of Wards (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1943",
        "Department": "Assam Legislature",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:02"
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