THE BENGAL, AGRA AND ASSAM CIVIL COURTS (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 1967

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    "title": "THE BENGAL, AGRA AND ASSAM CIVIL COURTS (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 1967",
    "short_title": "The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Assam Amendment) Act, 1967",
    "act_number": "12",
    "act_year": 1967,
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    "location": "Assam",
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    "description": "The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Assam Amendment) Act, 1967",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
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            "content": "further to amend the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887 in its application to the State of Assam.",
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            "title": "An ACT",
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            "content": "Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887, hereinafter called the principal Act, in its application to the State of Assam, in the manner hereinafter appearing;\nIt is hereby enacted in the Eighteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—",
            "footnote": "Central Act 12 of 1887.",
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            "title": "Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "content": "1. (1) This Act may be called the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Assam Amendment) Act, 1967.",
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            "content": "(2) It extends to the State of Assam.",
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            "title": "Section 1(3)",
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            "content": "(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint.",
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            "title": "Section 2. Amendment of section 3 of Central Act 12 of 1887.",
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            "content": "2. For the words \"Subordinate Judge\" occurring in item No.(3) of section 3 of the principal Act and wherever they occur in the Act or in any other Act, the words \"Assistant District Judge\" shall be substituted.",
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        "Enactment Date": "1967-08-09",
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        "Short Title": "The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Assam Amendment) Act, 1967",
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