To declare certain Courts in India to be Colonial Courts of Admiralty.
Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1891
[Act 16 of 1891] [14th May, 1891]
An Act to declare certain Courts in India to be Colonial Courts of Admiralty
Whereas it is provided by the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890 (53 and 54 Vict., C. 27.), that the legislature of a British possession may by any colonial law declare any Court of unlimited civil jurisdiction in that possession to be a Colonial Court of Admiralty;
And whereas it is expedient, in pursuance of that provision, to declare certain Courts in India to be Colonial Courts of Admiralty; It is hereby enacted as follows:—
1. Title and commencement.
1. Title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Colonial Courts of Admiralty (India) Act, 1891; and
(2) It shall come into effect—
(a) If Her Majesty's pleasure thereon has been signified, by notification in the Official Gazette, on or before the first day of July, 1891, then on that day, or
(b) If Her Majesty's pleasure thereon has not been so signified on or before that day, then on the day on which Her Majesty's pleasure shall be signified by such a notification as aforesaid.
2. Appointment of Colonial Courts of Admiralty.
2. Appointment of Colonial Courts of Admiralty.—The following Courts of unlimited civil jurisdiction are hereby declared to be Colonial Courts of Admiralty, namely:—
(1) the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal,
(2) the High Court of Judicature at Madras, [i][and]
(3) the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, [ii][* * *]
[iii][* * *]
3. Construction of Indian Acts referring to Admiralty and Vice-Admiralty Courts.
3. Construction of Indian Acts referring to Admiralty and Vice-Admiralty Courts.—The expressions “Court having Admiralty jurisdiction” and “Admiralty Court” and the expression “Admiralty or Vice-Admiralty cause,” and other expressions referring to Admiralty or Vice-Admiralty Courts or causes, shall, wherever any such expression occurs in any [iv][Indian law], be deemed to include a Colonial Court of Admiralty and a Colonial Court of Admiralty cause, and to refer to a Colonial Court of Admiralty or a Colonial Court of Admiralty cause, respectively.
4. Court-fees in suits in the Colonial Court of Admiralty at Karachi.
4. Court-fees in suits in the Colonial Court of Admiralty at Karachi.—[Repealed by the A.O. 1947.]
5. Repeal.
5. Repeal.—[Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (10 of 1914).]
Schedule
SCHEDULE
Enactments Repealed.—[v][Repealed]
References
[i] Inserted by the A.O. 1948.
[ii] The word “and ” was repealed by the A.O. 1948.
[iii] The words and figures “(4) the High Court of Judicature at Rangoon, (5) the Court of the Resident at Aden, and ” were repealed, by the A.O. 1937 and “(6) the District Court of Karachi” repealed by the A.O. 1948.
[iv] Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for “enactment of the G.G. in C. or of a G. in C. or Lieutenant-Governor in Council”.
[v] Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (10 of 1914).
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