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The Bombay Seals Act, 1949

The Bombay Seals Act, 1949

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The Bombay Seals Act, 1949, regulates the official seals used by the judiciary, specifically applying to the High Court of Bombay and local civil courts in the region. This law replaces the British royal arms on judicial seals with the Indian national symbol, the Ashoka Capital Motif. It matters because it represents a crucial symbolic transition for India after gaining independence, replacing vestigial colonial imagery with post-colonial national identity in the administration of justice. By updating these official seals, the legislation formally aligned the symbols of local judicial authority with the sovereign status of the newly independent nation.

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  1. 1. Short title and commencement.
  2. 2. Amendment of clause 6 of the Letters Patent of 28th December 1865.
  3. 3. Amendment of section 11 of Act XIV of 1869. (Not printed.)
  4. 4. Amendment of section 29 of Act XIV of 1869. (Not printed.)

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