LETTERS PATENT PROVIDING FOR SHERIFF APPOINTMENT (TAMIL NADU AMENDMENT) ACT, 1983
(Tamil Nadu Act 6 of 1983)
Received the assent of the President on the 2nd March 1983 and first published in Part IV- Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary, dated the 4th March 1983.
An Act to amend the Letters Patent providing for the appointment of Sheriff at Fort St. George or Madraspatnam bearing date the Twenty-sixth Day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred.
Whereas it is expedient to amend the Letters Patent providing for the appointment of Sheriff at Fort St. George or Madraspatnam bearing date the Twenty-sixth Day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred for the purpose hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Letters Patent providing for Sheriff Appointment Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1983.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu.
(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 19th December 1982.
Object & Reasons
Statement of Objects and Reasons - Letters Patent providing for Sheriff Appointment (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1983 (Tamil Nadu Act 6 of 1983). - The Sheriff at Madras is appointed under the Letters Patent bearing date the Twenty-sixth Day of December. One Thousand Eight Hundred and he holds office for a period of one year. It was considered necessary that the Government should have power to direct, in public interest, that the same person may continue as Sheriff for a further period of one year. It had therefore, been decided to amend the relevant clause in the Letters Patent aforesaid suitably. Accordingly, the Letters Patent providing for Sheriff Appointment (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Ordinance, 1982 (Tamil Nadu Ordinance 15 of 1982) was promulgated by the Governor to give effect to the above object.
2. The Bill seeks to replace the said Ordinance.
Published in Part IV-Section 1, page 40 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary, dated the 2nd February 1983.
2. Amendment of Letters Patent of 26th December 1800. - In the Letters Patent providing for the appointment of Sheriff at Fort St. George or Madraspatnam bearing date the Twenty-sixth Day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred, to the clause commencing with the portion "And We do further, for Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, grant, ordain and appoint, That the person who shall be Sheriff at Fort St. George or Madraspatnam" and ending with the portion "shall be committed to the custody of such Sheriff, by the said Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras, or by the Chief Justice, or any of the said Puisne Justices of the said Court, respectively", the following proviso shall be added, namely:-
"Provided that the State Government may, instead of appointing a new Sheriff as aforesaid, direct, in public interest, by notification, that the same person may continue as Sheriff for a further period of one year."
3. Repeal and saving. - (1) The Letters Patent providing for Sheriff Appointment (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Ordinance, 1982 (Tamil Nadu Ordinance 15 of 1982) is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the Letters Patent providing for the appointment of Sheriff at Fort St. George or Madraspatnam bearing date the Twenty-sixth Day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred, as amended by the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the said Letters Patent as amended by this Act.
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