Preamble

Preamble. PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, in its application to the State of Maharashtra.

WHEREAS extensive amendments have been made in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, by the Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1976, enacted by Parliament;

AND WHEREAS section 97 of this Amendment Act of 1976 provides inter alia that any amendments made in the said Code by a State Legislature before the commencement of that Act shall, except in so far as they are consistent with the said Code as amended by that Act, stand repealed;

AND WHEREAS certain amendments have been made in the said Code in its application to the State of Maharashtra, or a part thereof, by the State Legislature;

AND WHEREAS it is expedient to delete from the said Code in its application to this State the amendments made by the State Legislature which have become inoperative or redundant and to leave no room for any doubt, to re-enact such of them which may be inconsistent with the said Code as amended by the Amendment Act of 1976 but which are considered necessary in this State;

AND WHEREAS it is therefore expedient further to amend the said Code in its application to this State for the purposes hereinafter appearing; it is hereby enacted in the Twenty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—