The Shillong (Execution of Decrees ) Act, 1943
Preamble
ASSAM ACT XII 1943 THE SHILLONG (EXECUTION OF DE- CREES ) ACT, 1943. [Passed by the Assam Legislature ] (Received the assent of the Governor on the 14th September 1943.) [Published in the Assam Gazette of the 22nd September 1943.] An Act to provide the Civil Courts having jurisdic- tion over the British portion of Shillong with the power to send decrees for execution to the Civil Courts having jurisdiction in the Khasi States, and also power to execute decrees sent to them for execution by the Civil Courts having jurisdiction in the Khasi States. Preamble. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide that the Civil Courts having jurisdiction over the British portion of Shillong shall have power to send decrees for execution to the Civil Courts having jurisdiction in the Khasi States, and also power to execute decrees sent to them for execu- tion by the Civil Courts having jurisdiction in the Khasi States ; Short title and com- mencement. It is hereby enacted as follows :-
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ASSAM ACT XII 1943 THE SHILLONG (EXECUTION OF DE- CREES ) ACT, 1943. [Passed by the Assam Legislature ] (Received the assent of the Governor on the 14th September 1943.) [Published in the Assam Gazette of the 22nd September 1943.] An Act to provide the Civil Courts having jurisdiction over the British portion of Shillong with the power to send decrees for execution to the Civil Courts having jurisdiction in the Khasi States, and also power to execute decrees sent to them for execution by the Civil Courts having jurisdiction in the Khasi States. Preamble. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide that the Civil Courts having jurisdiction over the British portion of Shillong shall have power to send decrees for execution to the Civil Courts having jurisdiction in the Khasi States, and also power to execute decrees sent to them for execution by the Civil Courts having jurisdiction in the Khasi States ;
Short title and commencement. It is hereby enacted as follows :- 1. (1) This Act may be called the Shillong (Execution of Decrees) Act, 1943. culti. shall come force on such a Code the Provincial Government may specify by Notification in the Official Gazette. Definition. 2. In this Act, "Shillong" means the British portion of the Khasi and Jaintia Hills District, other than that declared to be a Partially Excluded area under the Government of India Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas Order, 1936. Sending of 3. Any decree passed by a Civil Court decrees for having jurisdiction in Shillong may be sent by execution such Court for execution to any Civil Court to Courts in established or continued by the authority of the the Khasi States. Central Government or the Crown Representative in the Khasi States.
Receiving of decrees for execution from Courts in the Khasi States. 4. If any Civil Court having jurisdiction in Shillong receives for execution a decree from any Civil Court established or continued by the authority of the Central Government or the Crown Representative in the Khasi States, it shall proceed to execute such decree, according to the provisions of any law or Rules relating to the execution of decrees to which it is, or may hereafter become, subject. [Price 2 annas or 2d.] A.G.P. (Leg.) No.105/50-100-7-8-1951.
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