#THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES AND OUDH ACT, 1890 

##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 

SECTIONS. 

1. Title. 

##PART I 

###THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES 

2. Commencement of Part I. 
3. 3 and 4 [Repealed]. 
5. Laws in force in certain districts of the Allahabad Division to apply to Jhansi. 
6. [Repealed.]. 
7. Discharge of functions assigned to Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner by 
   Act 17 of 1866. 
8. Jhansi Division to cease to be a Scheduled District. 
9. Application of Act 12 of 1887 to Jhansi, and disposal of pending cases. 

##PART II 

###OUDH 

10. Commencement of Part II. 
11. Board of Revenue of the North-Western Provinces to be the Board of Revenue of, 
   and Chief Revenue-authority in, Oudh. 
12. [Repealed.]. 
13. [Repealed.]. 
14. [Repealed.]. 
15. [Repealed.]. 
16. [Repealed.]. 
17. [Repealed.]. 
18. [Repealed.]. 
19. [Repealed.]. 
20. [Repealed.]. 
21. [Repealed.]. 
22. [Repealed.]. 
23. [Repealed.]. 
24. [Repealed.]. 
25. [Repealed.]. 
26. [Repealed.]. 
27. [Repealed.]. 
28. [Repealed.]. 
29. [Repealed.]. 
30. [Repealed.]. 
31. [Repealed.]. 
32. [Repealed.]. 
33. [Repealed.]. 
34. [Repealed.]. 
35. [Repealed.]. 
36. [Repealed.]. 
37. [Repealed.]. 
38. [Repealed.]. 
39. [Repealed.]. 
40. [Repealed.]. 
41. [Repealed.]. 
42. [Repealed.]. 
43. [Repealed.]. 
44. [Repealed.]. 
45. [Repealed.]. 
46. [Repealed.]. 
47. [Repealed.]. 
48. [Repealed.]. 
49. [Repealed.]. 
50. [Repealed.]. 
51. [Repealed.]. 
52. [Repealed.]. 
53. [Repealed.]. 
54. Pending appeals. 
55. [Repealed.]. 
56. [Repealed.]. 
57. [Repealed.]. 
58. [Repealed.]. 
59. [Repealed.]. 
60. [Repealed.]. 
61. [Repealed.]. 

##PART III 

###THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES AND OUDH 

62. Commencement of Part III. 
63. Place where the Board may sit. 
64. [Repealed.]. 

 
 
#THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES AND OUDH ACT, 1890 

##ACT NO. 20 OF 1890 

[16th October, 1890.] 

An Act to provide for the better administration of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh and to amend 
certain enactments in force in those Provinces and in Oudh. 

  WHEREAS it  is  expedient  to  provide  for  the  better  administration  of  the  territories  respectively 
administered by the Lieutenant Governor of the North-Western Provinces and the Chief Commissioner 
of Oudh, and for that purpose to amend certain enactments which are in force in the said Provinces and 
in Oudh; It is hereby enacted as follows:— 

1. **Title.**—This Act may be called the North-Western Provinces and Oudh Act, 1890. 

##PART I 

###THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES 

2. **Commencement of Part I.**—This Part shall come into force on such day1 as the said Lieutenant- 
Governor may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct. 

**3. and 4.** *[Amendment of Act 19 of 1873.] Rep. by the United Provinces Land-revenue Act,* 1901 
(U.P. *Act* 3 of 1901). 

  And whereas it has been determined to annex the Jhansi Division, comprising the districts of Jhansi, 
Jalaun and Lalatpur, to the Allahabad Division; 

  And whereas  the  said  Jhansi  Division  is  a  Schedule  District  under  the  Scheduled  Districts 
Act, 1874; (14 of 1874);

  And whereas it is expedient that the law in force in the same division should, on such annexation, be 
the same as the law in force in the temporarily-settled districts comprised in the Allahabad Division, and 
that the said division should cease to be a Schedule District; 

  It is hereby enacted as follows:— 

5. **Laws  in  force  in  certain  districts  of  the  Allahabad  Division  to  apply to Jhansi.**—(1)  All 
enactments which shall on the day when this Part comes into force be in force in the said temporarily- 
settled districts and not in the said Jhansi Division shall be deemed to come into force in that Division 
on and from the said day. 

  (2) Except the Jhansi Encumbered Estates Act, 1882, (16 of 1882) and the Jhansi and Morar 
Act, 1886,(17 of 1886) all enactments which shall on the said day be in force in the said division and 
not in the said temporarily settled  districts, including  the Jhansi Courts Act, 1867 (18 of 1867), and 
Act No. 27 of 1867, shall be deemed to be repealed on and from the said day in the said division. 

6. *[Amendment of Act 16 of 1882.]—Rep. by the Bundelkhand Encumbered Estates Act, 1903 (U.P. 
Act 1 of 1903). 

7. **Discharge of functions assigned to Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner by Act 17 of 
1886.**—The functions assigned to the Deputy Commissioner and the Commissioner by the Jhansi and 
Morar  Act, 1886 (17  of  1886),  shall  be  discharged  by  the  District  Judge  and  the  High  Court, 
respectively, and references to Courts in the Jhansi district subordinate to the Commissioner shall be 
deemed  to  apply  to  the  Civil  Courts  established  in  that  district  under  the  Bengal, North-Western 
Provinces and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887 (12 of 1887). 

8. **Jhansi Division to cease to be a Scheduled District.** — (1) On and from the said day the said 
division shall cease to be a Schedule District. 

9. **Application of Act 12 of 1887 to Jhansi, and disposal of pending cases.**— 

(2) All cases or proceedings pending in any Civil Court in the said division on the said day shall 
be disposed of as follows:— 

  (a) if pending in the Court of a Tahsildar or of an Assistant Commissioner of the second class— 
by the Munsif; 

  (b) if pending in the Court of an Assistant Commissioner of the first class—by the Subordinate 
Judge; 

  (c) if pending in the Court of a Deputy Commissioner—by the District Judge; 

  (d) if  pending  in  the  Court  of  the  Commissioner—by  the  District  Judge,  unless  the  case 
pending is an appeal from a decree or order of the Deputy Commissioner, in which case the appeal 
shall be disposed of by the High Court. 

(3) For the purposes of sections 20 to 22, both inclusive, of the Bengal, 2North-Western Provinces 
and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887 (12 of 1887), all decrees and orders passed by  Civil Courts in the 
said division and not appealed against before the said day3 shall be deemed— 

  (a) if passed by the Court of a Tahsildar or an Assistant Commissioner of the second class—to 
have been passed by a Munsif; 

  (b) if passed by the Court of an Assistant Commissioner of the first class—to have been passed 
by a Subordinate Judge; 

  (c) if  passed  by  the  Court  of  a  Deputy  Commissioner  or  the  Commissioner—to  have  been 
passed by a District Judge. 

(4) Where any Civil Court ceases by reason of the passing of this Act to  have jurisdiction with 
respect to any case, any proceeding in relation to that case which, if that Court had not ceased to have 
jurisdiction, might have been had therein, may be had in the Court to which the business of the former 
Court is transferred by sub-section (2); but this sub-section shall not apply to cases for which provision 
is made in section 623 or section 649 of the Code of Civil Procedure1 (14 of 1882). 

(5) In the case of appeals from the decrees and orders mentioned in sub-section (3) the period of 
limitation  shall  be  calculated  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  15  of  the  Jhansi  Courts 
Act, 18672 (18 of 1867), as though this Act had not been passed. 

##PART II 

###OUDH 

10. **Commencement of Part II.**—This  Part  shall  come  into  force  on  such  day3  as  the  Chief 
Commissioner of Oudh may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct. 

11. **Board of Revenue of  the North-Western Provinces to be the Board of Revenue of, and 
Chief Revenue authority in, Oudh.**—(1) On and from the day on which this Part comes into force 
the Board of Revenue constituted under the North-Western Provinces Land-revenue Act, 18734 (19 of 
1873), shall be deemed to be also the Board of Revenue for the territories administered by the Chief 
Commissioner  of  Oudh,  and  shall  be  known  and  designated  as  the  Board  of  Revenue  of  the  North- 
Western Provinces and Oudh. 

(2) All references made in any enactment as amended by this Part to the Board of Revenue shall be 
deemed, so far as they relate to Oudh, to refer to the said Board. 

(3) In  any  enactment  for  the  time  being  in  force  in  the  territories  administered  by  the  Chief 
Commissioner  of  Oudh,  in  which  the  expression  “Chief  Revenue-authority”  or  “Chief  Controlling 
Revenue-authority”  is  used,  the  expression  shall,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  any  enactment  passed 
after the said day, be construed, so far as the said territories are concerned,  as referring to the Board 
of Revenue of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh. 

12. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

13. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

14. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

15. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

16. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

17. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1891 (12 of 1891). 

18. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

19. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

20. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

21. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

22. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

23. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

24. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

25. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

26. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

27. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

28. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1899 (3 of 1899). 

29. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1899 (3 of 1899). 

30. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1899 (3 of 1899). 

31. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1899 (3 of 1899). 

32. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

33. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1901 (3 of 1901). 

34. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act ,1901 (3 of 1901). 

35. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1891 (12 of 1891). 

36. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1894 (5 of 1894). 

37. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1894 (5 of 1894). 

38. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). 

39. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1925 (4 of 1925). 

40. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1925 (4 of 1925). 

41. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1925 (4 of 1925). 

42. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the U.P. Act, 1925 (4 of 1925). 

43. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1891 (12 of 1891). 

44. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). 

45. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). 

46. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). 

47. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). 

48. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1891 (12 of 1891). 

49. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). 

50. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1891 (12 of 1891). 

51. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). 

52. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). 

53. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). 

54. **Pending appeals.**—All  appeals  pending  when  this  Part  comes  into  force from decrees or 
orders passed under the same Act shall be disposed of as if this Act had not been passed: 

  Provided that the State Government may, by order, transfer to the District Judge any appeals then 
pending before the Commissioner or Collector in cases in which the appeal will, under the Oudh Rent 
Act, 1886, (22 of 1886) as amended by this Part, lie to the District Judge. 

55. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). 

56. **[Repealed.]**— Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1891 (12 of 1891). 

57. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). 

58. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). 

59. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). 

60. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). 

61. **[Repealed.]**—Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). 

##PART  III 

###THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES AND OUDH 

62. **Commencement of Part III.**— This part shall come into force on such day as the Lieutenant 
Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioner of Oudh may, by notification in the 
Official Gazette, direct. 

63. **Place where the Board may sit.**—(1)  Notwithstanding anything in section 128 of the 
Oudh Rent Act, 1886 (22 of 1886), the Board of Revenue of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh 
shall,  for  the  disposal  of  cases  under  those  Acts,  sit  in  such  place  or  places  in  the  North-Western 
Provinces or Oudh as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,6appoint in 
respect to cases under either of those Acts. 

(2) For the disposal of cases  other than those referred to in sub-section (1) the said Board  may, 
subject to the  orders of the State Government, sit in any place in the North-Western Provinces or 
Oudh that the Board thinks fit. 

64. *[Amendment  of  section  4,  Act  19  of  1873.]  Rep.  by  the  United  Provinces  Land-revenue 
Act,* 1901 (U.P. Act 3 of 1901). 