Dekkhan Agriculturists Relief Act,1879
Act No : 17
Section :
Short title, Commencement.
1. Short title, Commencement. This Act may be cited as the 1* Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Act, 1879: and it shall come into force on the first day of November, 1879. Local extent. 2*[This section and] sections 11, 56, 60 and 62 extend to 3*[the whole of India except 4*[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States]]. The rest of this Act 5* extends only to the districts of Poona, Satara, Sholapur and Ahmednagar 6*[but may, from time to time, be extended wholly or in part by the State Government 7*** to any other district or districts in the 8*[territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the State of Bombay,]] 9*[or to any part or parts of any other such district or districts]. * * * * * * --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Acts 17 of 1879, 23 of 1881 and 22 of 1882 may be cited collectively as the Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Acts, 1879 to 1882- -see s. 1 (1) of the Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Act, 1882 (22 of 1882). The Acts of 1879 to 1882 and Act 23 of 1886 may be cited collectively as the Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Acts, 1879 to 1886- -see s. 1 (1) of the Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Act, 1886 (23 of 1886). The Acts of 1879 to 1886 and Act 6 of 1895 may be cited collectively as the Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Acts, 1879 to 1895- -see s. 1 (1) of the Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Act, 1895 (6 of 1895). The Acts of 1879 to 1895 and Bom. Act 1 of 1902 may be cited collectively as the Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Acts, 1876 to 1902- -see s. 1 (1) of the Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Act, 1902 (Bom. 1 of 1902). 2 Ins. by Act 23 of 1881, s. 3 (retrospectively). 3 Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for "all the Provinces of India". 4 Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "Part B States". 5 The Act was repealed in the State of Bombay with effect from the 27th May, 1950 by the Bombay Agricultural Debtor's Relief Act, 1947 (Bom. 28 of 1947), s. 56 as amended, Hence the part applicable to that State only has not been reproduced. 6 Ins. by Act 23 of 1886, s. 3. 7 The words "with the previous sanction of the G. G. in C." rep. by Act 38 of 1920, s. 2 and Sch. I. 8 Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "State of Bombay". 9 Ins. by Act 6 of 1895, s. 4. 16
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