The Bombay High Court (Letters Patent) Act, 1866.

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THE BOMBAY HIGH COURT (LETTERS PATENT) ACT, 1866 

[Text as on 30
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 May 2024] 

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CONTENTS  

PREAMBLE. 

SECTIONS. 

 1. Clause substituted for section 22 of revised Letters Patent of Bombay High Court.  

  

 



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BOMBAY ACT No. XXIII OF 1866
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[THE BOMBAY HIGH COURT (LETTERS PATENT) ACT, 1866.]  

         [17
th
 May 1866] 

An Act to correct two clerical errors in the 
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Letters Patent for the High  

Court of Judicature for the Presidency of Bombay.  

Preamble.— WHEREAS, the twenty-second section of the 
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Letters Patent for the High Court of 

Judicature for the Presidency of Bombay, dated the 28
th
 December 1865, is as follows :— “And we do 

further ordain that the said High Court of Judicature at Bombay shall have ordinary original criminal 

jurisdiction within the local limits of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction, and also in respect of all 

such persons beyond such limits over whom the said High Court of Judicature at Fort William in 

Bengal shall have criminal jurisdiction at the date of the publication of these presents;”  

And whereas it is expedient to correct the two clerical errors in such section which are 

hereinbefore indicated by italics;  

It is hereby enacted as follows:—  

1.  Clause substituted for section 22 of revised Letters Patent of Bombay High  

Court.— In lieu of the said recited section, the following shall be substituted:—  

“and we do further ordain that the said High Court of Judicature at Bombay shall have ordinary 

original criminal jurisdiction within the local limits of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction, and also in 

respect of all persons beyond such limits over whom the said High Court of Judicature at Bombay shall 

have criminal Jurisdiction at the date of the publication of these presents.” 

                                                   
1  For Proceedings in council relating to this Act, which was introduced and passed at one sitting, see Gazette of India, 

1886. Supplement, p. 255. The short title was given by Bom. 2 of 1921. 
2  General Statutory Rules and Orders. 
3  General Statutory Rules and Orders.