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Delhi Laws Act, 1915

1. Short title and Commencement. 2. Application to added area of law in force in existing state of Delhi. 3. Continuance in added area of certain laws now in force in the Uttar Pradesh. 4. Provision for facilitating application of certain enactments. 5. Exclusion of certain enactments from the added area. 6. Pending proceedings. 7. Amendment of section 7 of Act 13 of 1912. 8. Constructions.

Act No. 7 of 1915

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[22nd March, 1915.]

An Act to declare the law in force in certain territory added to the Province of Delhi.

WHEREAS by Proclamation published in Notification No. 984-C, dated the 22nd day of February, 1915, the Governor-General in Council, with the sanction and approbation of the Secretary of State for India has been pleased to take under his immediate authority and management the territory mentioned in Schedule I, which was formerly in eluded within the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, and to include the said territory in the Province of Delhi with effect from the 1st April, 1915;

AND WHEREAS it is expedient to declare the law in force in the said territory;

It is hereby enacted as follows:-

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY 6

 

·  Amended by Act 18 of 1919

·  Repealed in part by Act 10 of 1927

·  Adapted by A.O., 1937

·  Repealed in part by Act 01 of 1938

·  Adapted by Adaptation of Central Act and Ordinance, 1948

·  Adapted by Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950

·  Amended by Act 36 of 1951
  1. Short title and Commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Delhi Laws Act, 1915;

(2) It shall come into force on the first day of April, 1915.

Object & Reasons6

 

Object and Reason.- Owing to the issue of the proclamation cited in the preamble, adding certain territory, previously included in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. to the Province of Delhi, it has become necessary to take steps to declare the law in force in the territory now added to that province.

Save in respect of a few enactments which are referred to below, the law in force in the Province of Delhi is decalred to be in force in the territory now added to that provinces.

The enactments in force in the province of Delhi which are declared not to be in force in this territory are set forth in Schedule II.

In place of them the enactments specified in schedule III which are already in force in this area, are continued in force there. It is clearly undesirable to make any change in these laws, which mainly related to land, if such a course can be avoided.
  1. Application to added area of law in force in existing state of Delhi.-All enactments (except the enactments specified in Schedule II) for the time being in force in the territory specified in Schedule A to the Delhi Laws Act, 1912, and all notifications, orders, schemes, rules, forms and by-laws issued, made or prescribed under such enactments shall be deemed to be in force in the territory specified in Schedule I in the same manner and subject to the same modifications as they are for the time being in the territory specified in the said Schedule to the said Act.
  2. Continuance in added area of certain laws now in force in the Uttar Pradesh.-The enactments specified in Schedule III, and all notifications, orders, schemes, rules, forms and by-laws issued, made or prescribed under those enactments shall continue to be in force in the territory: specified in Schedule I:

Provided that in the enactments so continued and in all notifications, orders, schemes, rules, forms and by-laws issued, made or prescribed thereunder, reference to a State Government, the [State Government] of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, or the Board of Revenue for the [Uttar Pradesh] shall be read as referring to the [State Government] of Delhi; references to a High Court or the High Court of Judicature of the North-Western Provinces as referring to the[High Court of Judicature at Lahore], and references to the Official Gazette for the Uttar Pradesh as referring to the [Official Gazette].

  1. Provision for facilitating application of certain enactments.-For the purpose of facilitating the application to the territory mentioned in Schedule I of the enactments referred to in section 3, the powers conferred by sections 4 and 5 of the Delhi Laws Act, 1912 (13 of 1912), shall be exercisable in respect thereof.
  2. Exclusion of certain enactments from the added area.-Save as provided in sections 2 and 3 no enactment which is in force in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh or any part thereof shall continue to be in force in the territory specified in Schedule I.
  3. Pending proceedings.-Nothing in this Act shall affect any proceeding which at the commencement thereof is pending in respect of any of the territory mentioned in Schedule I or of anything arising in such territory and every such proceeding shall be confined as if this Act had not been passed:

Provided that the [State Government] may, by notification in the [Official Gazette,] direct that any proceeding, criminal, civil or revenue, other than a proceeding pending before the High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces, shall be transferred to, and disposed of by, the corresponding authority of the Delhi State.

  1. Amendment of section 7 of Act 13 of 1912.-Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938), s.2 and Sch.
  2. Constructions.-This Act shall be construed with, and deemed to be part of, the Delhi Laws Act, 1912 (13 of 1912).

SCHEDULE I

(See Section 2)

TERRITORY ADDED TO THE PROVINCE OF DELHI

Revenue estates of—

  1. Subehpur.
  2. Jagatpur.
  3. Baqiabad.
  4. Beharipur.
  5. Saadatpur Mahal Gujran.
  6. Saadatpur Musalmanan.
  7. Saadatpur Amad Delhi.
  8. Wazirabad.
  9. Khajuari Paramad.
  10. Khajuri Khas.
  11. Garhi Mendu.
  12. Timarpur.
  13. ChandrawaI.
  14. Usmanpur.
  15. Ghonda patti Gujran Khadar.
  16. Ghonda patti Chanhan Khadar.
  17. Andhavli.
  18. Kaithwara.
  19. Silampur Amad Delhi.
  20. Khondli Khadar.
  21. Jatwara Khurd.
  22. Mubarakpur Reti.
  23. Shakarpur Khadar.
  24. Nagla Manchi.
  25. Shamspur.
  26. Gharaunda Nimba Khadar
  27. Nagli Razapur.
  28. Chilla Sarauda Khadar
  29. Qarawalnagar urf Dharauti Kalan.
  30. Jivanpur Johripur.
  31. Mustafabad.
  32. Mirpur Turk.
  33. Ziauddinpur.
  34. Khanpur Dhani.
  35. Maujpur.
  36. Ghonda patti Gujran Bangar.
  37. Ghonda patti Chauhan Bangar.
  38. Jafrabad.
  39. Uldanpur.
  40. Babarpur.
  41. Siqdarpur.
  42. Gokalpur.
  43. Sabauli.
  44. Mandauli.
  45. Taharpur.
  46. Jhilmila.
  47. Chandavli urf Shadara.
  48. Silampur Bangar.
  49. Silampur Khadar.
  50. Ghondli Bangar.
  51. Kakarduman.
  52. Khureji Khas.
  53. Khureji Baramad.
  54. Shakarpur Khas Bangar.
  55. Mandavli Fazilpur.
  56. Hasanpur Bhuapur.
  57. Ghazipur.
  58. Khichripur.
  59. Gharaunda Nimka Bangar (Patparganj).
  60. Shakarpur Baramad.
  61. Kotla.
  62. Chilla Sarauda Bangar.
  63. Dalupura.
  64. Kondli.
  65. Gharauli.

SCHEDULE II

(See section 2)

ENACTMENTS IN FORCE IN THE DELHI PROVINCE WHICH WILL NOT BE FORCE IN THE TERRITORY ADDED TO THAT PROVINCE

Year Number Short Title Remarks
Acts of the Governor-General of India in Council
1887 XVI The Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887. -
1887 XVII The Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887. -
[* * * * * * * * * * * *]
Punjab Acts
1900 II The Punjab Land Preservation (Chos) Act, 1900. -
1912 V The Colonization Government Lands (Punjab) Act, 1912. -
1913 I The Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1913. -
1913 II The Redemption of Mortgages (Punjab) Act, 1913. -

SCHEDULE III

(See section 3)

ENACTMENTS IN FORCE IN THE UNITED PROVINCES OF AGRA AND OUDH WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN FORCE IN THE TERRITORY ADDED TO THE DELHI PROVINCE

Year Number Short Title Remarks
Acts of the Governor-General of India in Council
1882 IV The Transfer of property Act, 1982. -
V The Indian Easements Act, 1882. -
1891 VIII An Act to extend the Indian Easements Act, 1882, to certain areas in which that Act is not in force. -
United Provinces Act
1901 II The Agra Tenancy Act, 1901. -
1901 III The United Provinces land Revenue Act, 1901. -
1904 I The United Provinces General Clauses Act, 1904. In so far as it applies to the Agra Tenancy Act, 1901, and the United Provinces Land Revenue Act, 1901.