THE ASSAM COURT OF WARDS (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1948

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    "title": "THE ASSAM COURT OF WARDS (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1948",
    "short_title": "The Assam Court of Wards (Second Amendment) Act, 1948",
    "act_number": "XIX",
    "act_year": 1948,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": "1948-10-21",
    "description": "The Assam Court of Wards (Second Amendment) Act, 1948",
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    "section_label": "Section",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "An\nAct further to amend the Bengal Court of Wards Act, 1879, in\nits application to Assam",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Preamble",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Bengal\nCourt of Wards Act, 1879, hereinafter called the principal\nAct, in its application to Assam in the manner hereinafter\nappearing;\nIt is hereby enacted as follows:-",
            "footnote": "Bengal Act\nIX of 1879",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Short title,\nextent and\ncommence-\nment.\n1. (1) This Act may be called the Assam Court of\nWards (Second Amendment) Act, 1948.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) It extends to the whole of Assam.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(3) It shall come into force on such date as the\nProvincial Government may, by notification in the official\nGazette, appoint.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Amendment\nof section 15\nof the\nBengal Act\nIX of 1879.\n2. In section 15 of the principal Act, the words \"the\nCommissioners of the Divisions\" and \"Commissioner or\"\nshall be omitted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 50
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Amendment\nof section\n58A of the\nBengal Act\nIX of 1879,\n3. In proviso to section 58A of the principal Act,-\n(a) for the words \"Commissioner of the Division\" the\nwords \"Court of Wards\" shall be substituted; and",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 60
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(6) for the words \"said Commissioner\" the word\n\"Court\" shall be substituted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 70
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "Section 4",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Amendment\nof section\nthe\nBengal Act\nIX of 1879.\n4. In section 67 of the principal Act, the words \"to\nthe Commissioner of the Division, and from every order\nof the Commissioner under this Act\" shall be omitted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 80
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Amendment\nof section 68\nof the Bengal\nAct IX of\n1879.\n5. In section 68 of the principal Act, the words \"of\nthe Commissioner and\" shall be omitted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 90
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6(a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Amendment\nof section 70\nof the Ben-\ngal Act IX\nof 1879.\n6. In section 70 of the principal Act,-\n(a) the words \"Commissioners and\" shall be\nomitted, and",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 100
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) the words \"and Commissioners\" wherever they\r\noccur shall be omitted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 110
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "194819",
        "Act Number": "XIX",
        "Enactment Date": "1948-10-21",
        "Act Year": "1948",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Court of Wards (Second Amendment) Act, 1948",
        "Department": "Assembly",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:02"
}