section 5
Declaration of limits of jurisdiction of the High Court.
The Greater Bombay Laws and the Bombay High Court (Declaration of Limits) Act, 1945Civil194511 sections
Statutory text
- (1) The High Court shall have and exercise ordinary original civil jurisdiction within the areas for the time being comprised in Greater Bombay.
- (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, nothing in sub-section (1) shall affect-
- (a) the jurisdiction of the High Court as a Court of Admiralty or Vice Admiralty under clauses 32 and 33 of the Letters Patent or under the Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act, 1878 (41-42 Vict. Ch. 73) or otherwise exercisable by it in connection with prize matters or other maritime questions arising in India;
- (b) any right or liability of any Government or any local authority or person, except in regard to the exercise of jurisdiction and any legal consequences thereof.
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