Central · Act 26 of 1966

Section 1 — Short title and commencement.

The Delhi High Court Act, 1966

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(1) This Act may be called the Delhi High Court Act, 1966.

(2) Section 17 shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force at once.

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1. 1st May, 1967, vide notification No. G.S.R. 508 (E), dated 11th April, 1967, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (i).

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More sections of this actSection 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · High Court.Section 3A · Salaries and allowances or Judges to be expenditure charged on Consolidated Fund of India.Section 4 · Exceptions and modifications subject to which the provisions of Chapter V of Part VI of the Constitution apply to the High Court of Delhi.Section 5 · Jurisdiction of High Court of Delhi.Section 6 · Power to enrol legal practitioners, etc.Section 7 · Practice and procedure in the High Court of Delhi.Section 8 · Custody of the Seal of the High Court of Delhi.
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