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    "id": 3592,
    "slug": "the-bengal-agra-and-assam-civil-courts-assam-amendment-act-2004",
    "title": "THE BENGAL, AGRA AND ASSAM CIVIL COURTS (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 2004",
    "short_title": "The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Assam Amendment) Act, 2004",
    "act_number": "IV",
    "act_year": 2005,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": "2005-01-13",
    "description": "The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Assam Amendment) Act, 2004",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "AN\nACT\nfurther to amend the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887, in its application to the State of Assam.\nWhereas it is expedient further to amend the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887, hereinafter Act, in its application to the State of Assam, in the manner hereinafter appearing ;\nIt is hereby enacted in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-",
            "footnote": "Central Act XII of 1887",
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            "sort_order": 0
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "1. (1) This Act may be called the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Assam Amendment) Act, 2004.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(3) It shall come into force at once.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "2. In the principal Act, for the words and brackets \"Civil Judge (Senior Division)\" and \"Civil Judge (Junior Division)\", wherever they occur, the words \"Civil Judge\" and \"Munsiff\" respectively shall be substituted.",
            "footnote": "Central Act XII of 1887",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 40
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "200504",
        "Act Number": "IV",
        "Enactment Date": "2005-01-13",
        "Act Year": "2005",
        "Short Title": "The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Assam Amendment) Act, 2004",
        "Department": "Legislative Department",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:17"
}