In force · As amended up to 2026-08
4. Validity of local customs and mercantile usage. —All local customs and mercantile usages shall be regarded as valid, unless they are contrary to justice, equity or good conscience, or have, before the passing of this Act, been declared to be void by and competent authority.
4. The entry relating to Bengal Regulation 6 of 1819 was rep. by Act 12 of 1891.
|Number and year |Subject|Modifications|
|---|---|---|
|XI of 1825|Alluvion and Diluvion|_Omit_section 1.|
|||In section 3, omit " either " and " or|
|||the sea ".|
|||In section 4, clause_First_,Omit|
|||"whether" and "or of the sea," and for|
|||" the provisions of Regulation II, 1819,|
|||or of any other Regulation in force,"|
|||read " any law in force for the time|
|||being;" clause_Third_, omit " or in the sea|
|||" and " or sea;" clause_Fifth_, omit " or|
|||the sea".|
|||In section 5, for "Zillah and City|
|||Magistrates "read "Deputy|
|||Commissioners".|
|1* * *|* * *|* * *|
|PART |II.--ACTS OF THEGOVERNOR |GENERAL INCOUNCIL|
|2* * *|* * *|* * *|
|3XX of 1856|Chaukidars|In the preamble,after"Bengal" add|
|||"and<br>the<br>territories<br>under<br>the|
|||administration<br>of<br>the<br>Chief|
|||Commissioner of Oudh".|
|||Omit<br>the<br>words<br>"of<br>circuit"|
|||wherever<br>they<br>occur<br>after|
|||"Commissioner".|
|||_Omit_section 40.|
|XIII of 1857|Opium|In the title,after"the Presidency of|
|||Fort William in Bengal,"read"and the|
|||territories under the administration of|
|||the Chief Commissioner of Oudh."4*|
|||In<br>section<br>3,<br>omit<br>"being|
|||covenanted servants of the Company."|
|5* * *|* * *|* * *|
|6XXII of 1871.|Chaukidars|In section 1,after"Presidency"|
|||insert "or territories ".|
|||In section 3,_omit_the words " of|
|||circuit".|
|||Omit section6.|
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Source: India Code