Chapter I PRELIMINARY

(1) This Act may be called the Bangalore City Civil Court Act, 1979.

1. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the thirty first day of August 1979, 1[clause (2A) of section 17 shall come into force at once] and the other provisions shall come into force on such 2[date] as the State Government may, by notification, appoint.

¹ Inserted by Act 23 of 1980. w.e.f. 25-7-80.

the end of the Act.

2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (1) "appointed date" means, the date notified under sub-section (2) of section 1 ;

1[(2) "City of Bangalore" means the area for the time being included in the Metropolitan

¹ Substituted by Act 23 of 1980 w.e.f. 25-7-80.

area comprising the Bangalore City declared under section 8 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974) ;]

1. (3) "City Civil Court" means the court established under sub-section (1) of section 3 ;
2. (4) "Court of Small Causes" means a Court of Small Causes established under the Karnataka Small Causes Courts Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 11 of 1964) for the City of Bangalore ;
3. (5) "High Court" means the High Court of Karnataka ;
4. (6) "Judge" means the Principal City Civil Judge and a City Civil Judge of the City Civil Court ; and
5. (7) "law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rules, scheme, notification or every instrument having the force of law.