THE GREATER BOMBAY LAWS AND THE HIGH COURT (DECLARATION OF LIMITS AMENDMENT) ACT, 1950

BOMBAY ACT No. VVI OF 1950

3rdApri1,

An Act to amend the Greater Bombay Laws and the Bombay High Court. (Declaration of Limits) Act, 1945.

Whereas steps are being, taken to extend the Limits of the area subject to the authority of the Municipal Corporation of the City of Bombay and other municipal authorities charged with carrying out the municipal government of the City of Bombay to Greater Bombay;

And Whereas it is expedient to extend the limits of greater Bombay so as to include therein certain areas; and whereas it is necessary and expedient to ammend the greater Bombay laws and the Bombay high court(declaration of limits) act 1945, for the said purpose it is hereby enacted as follows:

SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT

(1)This Act may be called the Greater Bombay Laws and the Bombay High Court (Declaration of Limits) (Amendment) Act, 1950

(2)It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may by notification in the official gazette appoint in this behalf

Section2-6{the amendments made by section 2-6 have been incorporated in the Greater Bombay Laws and the Bombay High Court(Declaration of Limits) Act, 1945(Bom XVII) of 1945)

SECTION 07: PENDING PROCEEDINGS

Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this Act and the inclusion of the areas specified in Part III of Schedule A to the said Act in Greater Bombay but save as expressly provided by the provisions of the Bombay Municipal (Extension of Limits) Act 1950.

(1) all proceeding pending immediately before the date on which this Act comes into force, in any civil or criminal court, or before a tribunal, public authority, or officer, shall be continued in that court, or before that tribunal, authority or officer as if this Act not been passed and that court or authority shall have for the purpose of the said proceedings, all jurisdiction and powers which it or he had immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force,

(2) An appeal or application for revision in respect of any proceedings so pending in any court or before any tribunal, authority or officer shall be to the court, tribunal, officer or authority which would have appellate or revisional jurisdiction, as the case may be, and that court, tribunal, authority or officer shall entertain and dispose of the appeal or application as if the proceedings were instituted in that court or before that tribunal, authority of officer before the day on which this Act comes into force;

(3) All applications for the execution or enforcement of a decree or order of any court tribunal authority or officer passed immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force and all other applications arising out of such decree or order shall be made to and disposed of by such court, tribunal, authority of officer as if this Act had not been passed.

Provided that if in consequence of this Act, any such Court, tribunal authority has been superseded or has ceased to exist such proceeding or any appeal or revisional applications or any other applications in such proceeding shall lie to or be disposed of by such authority as the State Government directs.

SECTION 8-11:

The amendments made by Sections 8-11 have been incorporated in the Greater Bombay Laws and the Bombay High Court(Declaration of Limits)Act, 1945(bom XVII of 1945)