DELHI LAWS ACT, 1915  

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTION 
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SECTIONS 

1.  Short title and commencement. 
2.  Application to added area of law in force in existing Province of Delhi. 
3.  Continuance in added area of certain laws now in force in the United Provinces. 
4.  Provision for facilitating application of certain enactments. 
5.  Exclusion of certain enactments from the added area. 
6.  Pending proceedings. 
7.  Amendment of Section 7 of Act XIII of 1912. 
8.  Construction. 

THE SCHEDULE I. 
THE SCHEDULE II. 
THE SCHEDULE III 

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THE DELHI LAWS ACT, 1915 

ACT NO. VII OF 1915 

PASSED BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL. 

(Received the assent of the Governor General on the 22nd March, 1915.) 

An Act to declare the law in force in certain territory added to the Province of Delhi. 

WHEREAS by Proclamation a published in Notification No. 984-C., dated the 22nd day of February, 
1915, the Governor-General in Council, with the sanction and approbation of the Secretary of State for 
India, has been pleased to take under his immediate authority and management of the territory mentioned 
in  Schedule  I,  which  was  formerly  included  within  the  United  Provinces  of  Agra  and  Oudh,  and  to 
include the said territory in the Province of Delhi with effect from the 1st April, 1915; 

AND WHEREAS it is expedient to declare the law in force in the said territory; 

It is hereby enacted as follows:— 

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Delhi Laws Act, 1915; 

(2) It shall come into force on the first day of April, 1915. 

2.  Application  to  added  area  of  law  in  force  in  existing  Provinces  of  Delhi.—  All  enactments 
(except the enactments specified in Schedule II) for the lime being in force in the territory specified in 
Schedule  A  to  the  Delhi  Laws  Act,  1912  (XIII  of  1912),  and  all  notifications,  orders,  schemes,  rules, 
forms and by-laws issued, made or prescribed under such enactments shall be deemed to be in force in the 
territory specified in Schedule I in the same manner and subject to the same modifications as they are for 
the time being in the territory specified in the said Schedule to the said Act. 

3.  Continuance  in  added  area  of  certain  laws  now  in  force  in  the  United  Provinces.  —The 
enactments  specified  in  Schedule  III,  and  all  notifications,  orders,  schemes,  rules,  forms  and  by-laws 
issued, made or prescribed under those enactments shall continue to be in force in the territory specified 
in Schedule I: 

Provided  that  in  the  enactments  so  continued  and  in  all  notifications,  orders,  schemes,  rules,  forms 
and  by-laws  issued,  made  or  prescribed  thereunder,  reference  to  a Local  Government,  the Lieutenant- 
Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, or the Board of Revenue for the United Provinces 
shall  be  read  as  referring  to  the  Chief  Commissioner  of  Delhi;  references  to  a  High  Court  or  the  High 
Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces as referring to the Chief Court of the Punjab; and 
references to the official gazette for the United Provinces as referring to the Gazette of India. 

4. Provision for facilitating application of certain enactments. —For the purpose of facilitating the 
application to the territory mentioned in Schedule I of the enactments referred to in Section 3, the powers 
conferred by sections 4 and 5 of the Delhi Laws Act, 1912 (XIII of 1912), shall be exercisable in respect 
thereof. 

5. Exclusion of certain enactments from the added area. —Save as provided in sections 2 and 3 no 
enactment which is in force in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh or any part thereof, shall continue 
to be in force in the territory specified in Schedule I. 

6.  Pending  proceedings.  —Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  affect  any  proceeding  which  at  the 
commencement  thereof  is  pending  in  respect  of  any  of  the  territory  mentioned  in  Schedule  I  or  of 
anything arising in such territory and every such proceeding shall be continued as if this Act had not been 
passed: 

Provided  that  the Local  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the Gazette  of  India,  direct  that  any 
proceeding,  criminal,  civil  or  revenue,  other  than  a  proceeding  pending  before  the  High  Court  of 
Judicature  for the  North-West  Provinces,  shall  be transferred to,  and  disposed of  by,  the corresponding 
authority of the Delhi Province. 

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7. Amendment of Section 7 of Act XIII of 1912. —In section 7 of the Delhi Laws Act, 1912 (XIII 
of 1912), for the words “the territory mentioned in Schedule A” the words “the Province of Delhi” shall 
be substituted. 

  8. Construction. —This Act shall be construed with, and deemed to be part of, the Delhi Laws Act, 

1912 (XIII of 1912). 

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SCHEDULE I 

[See section 2.] 

TERRITORY ADDED TO THE PROVINCE OF DELHI 

Revenue estates of— 

1. Subehpur. 

2. Jagatpur. 

3. Baqiabad. 

4. Beharipur. 

5. Saadatpur Mahal Gujaran. 

6. Saadatpur Musalmanan, 

7. Saadatpur Amad Delhi, 

8. Wazirabad. 

9. Khajuari Paramad. 

10. Khajuri Khasection 

11. Garhi Mendu. 

12. Timarpur. 

13. Chandrawal. 

14. Usmanpur. 

15. Ghonda patti Gujran Khadar. 

16. Ghonda patti chaunan Khadar. 

17. Andhavli. 

18. Kaithwara. 

19. Silampur Amad Delhi. 

20. Khondli Khadar. 

21. Jatwara Khurd. 

22. Muharakpur Reti. 

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23. Shakarpur Khadar. 

24. Nagla Manchi. 

25. Shamspur. 

26. Gharaunda Nimka Khadar. 

27. Nagli Razapur. 

28. Chilla Sarauda Khadar. 

29. Qarnwalnagar urf Dharauli Kalan. 

30. Jivanpur Johripur. 

31. Mustafahad. 

32. Mirpur Turk. 

33. Ziauddinpur. 

34. Khanpur Dhani. 

35. Maujpur. 

36. Ghonda patti Gujaran Rangar. 

37. Ghonda patti Chauhan Hangar. 

38. Jafrabad. 

39. Uldanpur. 

40. Dabarpur. 

41. Siqdarpur 

42. Gokalpur 

43. Sabauli. 

44. Mandauli. 

45. Taharpur. 

46. Jhilmila. 

47. Chandavli urf Shadara. 

48. Silampur Bangar. 

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49. Silampur Khadar. 

50. Ghondli Bangar. 

51. Kakarduman. 

52. Khureji Khasection 

53. Khureji Baramad. 

54. Shakarpur Khas Bangar. 

55. Mandavli Fazilpur. 

56. Hasanpur Bhuapur. 

57. Ghazipur. 

58. Khichripur. 

59. Gharaunda Nimk Bangar (Patparaganj). 

60. Shakarpur Baramad. 

61. Kotla. 

62. Chilla Sarauda Bangar. 

63. Dalupura. 

64. Kondli. 

65. Gharauli. 

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SCHEDULE II 

[See section 2] 

ENACTMENTS IN FORCE IN THE DELHI PROVINCE WHICH WILL NOT BE IN FORCE IN THE 

TERRITORY ADDED TO THAT PROVINCE 

Year. 

Number. 

Short title. 

REMARKS. 

1 

2 

1887 
   ” 
1900 

    ” 

1912 

1913 
    ” 

XVI 
XVII 
XIII 

II 

V 

I 
II 

3 
Acts  of  the  Governor-General  of  India  in 
Council 
… 
The Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887. 
The Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887. 
… 
The Punjab Alienation of Land Act, 1900  … 

... 

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Punjab Acts 

The  Punjab  Land  Preservation  (Chos)  Act, 
1900. 
The  Colonization  Government  Lands 
(Punjab) Act, 1912.......... 
The Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1913. ... 
The  Redemption  of  Mortgages  (Punjab) 
Act, 1913.... ...... 

… 

… 

… 
… 

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SCHEDULE III 

(See section 3) 

ENACTMENTS IN FORCE IN THE UNITED PROVINCES OF AGRA AND OUDH WHICH WILL 

CONTINUE TO THE IN FORCE IN THE TERRITORY ADDED TO THE DELHI PROVINCE 

Year. 

Number. 

Short title. 

REMARKS. 

4 

1 

2 

1882 
   ” 
1891 

1901 
    ” 
1904 

IV 
V 
VIII 

II 
III 
I 

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Acts  of  the  Governor-General  of  India  in 
Council 
The Transfer of Property Act, 1882.  
The Indian Easements Act, 1882. 
An  Act  to  extend  the  Indian  Easements  Act, 
1882, to certain areas in which that Act is not in 
force .......  

... 
... 

United Provinces Acts. 

The Agra Tenancy Act, 1901....... 
The United Provinces Land Revenue Act, 1901. 
The  United  Provinces  General  Clauses  Act, 
1904.  

... 
... 
In so far as it applies to 
the Agra Tenancy Act, 
1901, and the United 
Provinces Land 
Revenue Act, 1901. 

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