Preamble

Preamble. PREAMBLE An Act for bringing under the Regulations and Acts of the Presidency of Bombay the territories of Satara, certain villages and lapsed States in the Collectorate of Sholapur and in the Southern Maratha Country, and for excluding the village of Muchandi, Pargana Jath, from the operation of the Regulations and Acts of the Presidency of Bombay.

WHEREAS it is expedient for the better administration of justice in the territory of Satara that the Collectorate should be brought under the Regulations and Acts of the Presidency of Bombay;

and whereas certain villages which now belong to Government in Sholapur and the Southern Maratha Country have not yet been made subject to the operation of the general Regulations and Acts affecting the Bombay Presidency;

and whereas the village of Muchandi, pargana Jath, in the territory of Satara, was inadvertently included in 1 Act VI of 1842, by which certain villages in the Southern Maratha Country were brought under the operation of the Regulations and Acts of the Presidency of Bombay;

It is hereby enacted as follows :-