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The Bombay Special Tribunal (Continuance) Act, 1946

The Bombay Special Tribunal (Continuance) Act, 1946

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The Bombay Special Tribunal (Continuance) Act, 1946, extends the operations of a wartime court, the Second Special Tribunal, to try specific economic offenses within the Bombay Province. It applies directly to the business entities and individuals associated with the Juggilal Kamlapat companies who were accused of violating strict iron and steel distribution regulations during World War II. This law matters because it transferred administrative oversight of these trials from the central government to the local provincial government, ensuring that crucial prosecutions for wartime trade violations could continue seamlessly without the disruptive requirement of restarting the judicial proceedings.

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  1. 1. Short title and commencement.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Tribunal's jurisdiction to try Bombay Cases.

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