1. Short title, commencement
and extent.- (1) This Act may be cited as the Code
of Civil Procedure, 1908.
(2) It shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 1909.
(3) It extends to the whole of India except— (a) the
State of Jammu and Kashmir;
(b) the State of Nagaland and the tribal areas:
Provided that the State Government concerned may, by notification
in the Official Gazette, extend the provisions of this Code
or any of them to the whole or part of the State of Nagaland
or such tribal areas, as the case may be, with such supplemental,
incidental or consequential modifications as may be specified
in the notification.
Explanation : In this clause, “tribal areas”
means the territories which, immediately before 21-1-1972,
were included in the tribal areas of Assam as referred to
in paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution.
(4) In relation to the Amindivi Islands, and the Last Godavari,
West Godavari and Visakhapatnam Agencies in the State of Andhra
Pradesh and the Union territory of Lakshadweep, the application
of this Code shall be without prejudice to the application
of any rule or regulaion for the time being in force in such
Islands, Agencies or such Union territory, as the case may
be, relating to the application of this Code.
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