Bare Act
The Satara, Sholapur and Southern Maratha Country Laws Act, 1863
This Act was a colonial administrative measure designed to standardize legal jurisdiction across specific territories within the Bombay Presidency. By bringing various villages in the Collectorates of Satara, Sholapur, and the Southern Maratha Country under the uniform Regulations and Acts of the Bombay Presidency, the British administration aimed to streamline judicial and revenue governance. It also corrected administrative errors, such as the inadvertent inclusion of the village of Muchandi in previous legislation. For the ordinary citizen of that time, this meant their legal rights and obligations were now governed by a centralized, predictable set of colonial laws rather than local, fragmented customs.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Villages in Satara rendered subject to Bombay laws
- 2. Villages in Sholapur and in Southern Maratha Country rendered subject to Bombay laws
- 3. Bar of jurisdiction of civil Courts in certain cases
- 4. Privileges and exemptions of certain persons of rank
- 5. Act XVI of 1895.
- 6. Railway lands ; North Kanara ; saving of prior proceedings
- 7. Railway lands ; North Kanara ; saving of prior proceedings
- 8. Village of Muchandi excluded from operation of Regulations and Acts
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