THE SATARA, SHOLAPUR AND SOUTHERN MARATHA COUNTRY LAWS ACT, 1863

BOMBAY ACT No. III OF 1863.

[April 15^TH 1863]

Repealed in part, by Act 4 of 1868;

                                       15 of 1874;

                                        10 of 1876;

                                         16 of 1895;

Bom. 3 of 1886.

An Act for bringing under the Regulations and Acts of the Presidency c Bombay the territories of Satara, certain villages and lapsed States in the Collectorate of Sholapur and in the Southern Maratha Country, 2 and for excluding the village of Muchandi, Pargana Jath, from the operation of the Regulations and Acts of the Presidency of Bombay.

Whereas it is expedient for the better administration of justice in the territory of Satara that the Collectorate should be brought under the Regulations and Acts of the Presidency of Bombay;

and whereas certain villages which now belong to Government in Sholapur and the Southern Maratha Country have not yet been made subject to t operation of the general Regulations and Acts affecting the Bombay Presidency;

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SECTION 01: VILLAGES IN SATARA RENDERED SUBJECT TO BOMBAY LAWS. –

The villages in the Collectorate of Satara as described in Schedule A 2[*

* *] shall, from and the first day of January, 1863, be subject to the Regulations and Acts which are or shall at any time hereafter be in force within the territories subject to the Presidency of Bombay.

SECTION 02: VILLAGES IN SHOLAPUR AND IN SOUTHERN MARATHA COUNTRY RENDERED SUBJECT TO BOMBAY LAWS - The villages in the Collectorate of Sholapur and in the Southern Maratha Country described in Schedule B 2 *] shall, from and after the passing of this Act, be subject to the Regulations and Acts which are or shall at any time hereafter be in force within the territories subject to the Presidency of Bombay.

3. [Bar of jurisdiction of civil Courts in certain ca. Rep. Act X of 1876.

SECTION 04: PRIVILEGES AND EXEMPTIONS OF CERTAIN PERSONS OF RANK. –

Clause 1st. - It is also further enacted that the privileges and exemptions provided in sections 3, 4 and 5, Regulation XXIX, A.D. 1827 and section 5 of Regulation VII, A.D. 1830, and Regulations land XVI, A.D. 1831, as amended by section 6, 3 XIII of 1842, are equally applicable in the districts now brought under the Regulations and Acts to the persons of rank therein referred to, as they are in the Dekkhan, Khandesh and Southern Maratha Country.

Clause 2nd. [Process against Shrimant Sagunabai Ai Saheb Maharaj] Rep. Act XVI of 1895.

1. Act 6 of 1842 relating to the Nepani Jagir, was repealed by the Laws Local Extent

Act, 1874 (15 of 1874).

2. The words “to this Act” were repealed by the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1886

(Born 3 of 1886) Schedule B This Schedule has been printed as an Appendix to

the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904 (Born. I of 1904).

3. Act 13 of 1842 is not republished, having been repealed locally by the Bombay Land

Revenue Code, 1879 (Born. 5 of 1879).

Sections 5, 6, 7. [lands; North canara; saving of prior proceedings.] Rep. ActXVof 1874.

SECTION 08: VILLAGE OF MUCHANDI EXCLUDED FROM OPERATION OF REGULA LIONS AND ACTS. –

The village of Muchandi, pargana Jath, in the territory of Satara, included in 1Act VI of 1842, by which certain villages in the Southern Maratha Country were brought under the Regulations and Acts of the Presidency of Bombay, shall, from and after the passing of this Act, be excluded from the operation of the Regulations and Acts of the Presidency of Bombay, anything in the said 1. Act VI of 1842 to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.

1. As to the village of Sangarn Mahuli, Taraf-Vandan.