THE BENGAL, AGRA AND ASSAM CIVIL COURTS (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 1935

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    "title": "THE BENGAL, AGRA AND ASSAM CIVIL COURTS (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 1935",
    "short_title": "The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Assam Amendment) Act, 1935",
    "act_number": "6",
    "act_year": 1935,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
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    "enactment_date": "1943-12-04",
    "description": "The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Assam Amendment) Act, 1935",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
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            "content": "AN ACT to amend the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887, in its application to Assam.\nWHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887, in its application to Assam in the manner hereinafter appearing;\nIt is hereby enacted as follows:",
            "footnote": "XII of 1887",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "This Act may be called the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Assam Amendment) Act, 1935.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "It extends to the whole of Assam.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "It shall come into force on such date as the Local Government may, by notification in the local official Gazette, appoint.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887, hereinafter referred to as the said Act, shall, in its application to Assam, be amended in the manner hereinafter provided.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In sub-section (2) of section 17 of the said Act, for the words and figures \"in section 623 or section 649 of the Code of Civil Procedure\" the words and figures \"in sections 36, 37 and 114 of, and rule 1 of Order XLVII in Schedule I to, the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908\" shall be substituted.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 50
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "Section 4",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In sections 18 and 19 of the said Act, after the words \"Code of Civil Procedure\" the figures \"1908\" shall be inserted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 60
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In sub-section (2) of section 19 of the said Act, for the words beginning with \"that his jurisdiction\" and ending with \"in the notification\" the following shall be substituted, namely:-",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 70
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5(a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "\"(a) that his jurisdiction shall extend to all like suits of such value not exceeding two thousand rupees as may be specified in the notification, or",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 80
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) that so long as he holds Court at a place where the Court of a Subordinate Judge is held his jurisdiction shall extend to all like suits of such value not exceeding three thousand rupees as may be specified.\"",
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In sub-section (2) of section 23 of the said Act,-",
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) in clause (d) for the words and figures \"the Indian Succession Act, 1865, and the Probate and Administration Act, 1881\", the words and figures \"the Indian Succession Act, 1925,\" shall be substituted; and",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 110
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) in clause (h), for the word and figures \"section 322G\", the words \"paragraph 5 of the Third Schedule\" shall be substituted and after the words \"Code of Civil Procedure\" the figures \"1908\" shall be added.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 120
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In section 25 of the said Act, for the words \"five hundred rupees\" the words \"seven hundred and fifty rupees\" and for the words \"two hundred and fifty rupees\" the words \"three hundred rupees\" shall be substituted.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 130
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "Section 8",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In sub-section (4) of section 38 of the said Act, for the words and figures \"section 25 of the Code of Civil Procedure\" the words and figures \"section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908\", shall be substituted.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "193506",
        "Act Number": "6",
        "Enactment Date": "1935-12-04",
        "Act Year": "1935",
        "Short Title": "The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Assam Amendment) Act, 1935",
        "Department": "Law Legislative Department, Government of Assam",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:17"
}