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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Preliminary: Sections 1 To 8

Section 1 CPC: Short title, commencement and extent

Bare Act text

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 first day of January, 1909.

[(3) It extends to the whole of India except—

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(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 the 21st day of January, 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 East 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 regulation 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.]

Amendment notes

  1. Subs. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 2, for sub -section (3) (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
  2. Clause (a) omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Sch. (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).

Text of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. 5 of 1908), as amended, including the changes for commercial disputes made by the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. Source: India Code, Government of India.

In simple words

This section gives the Code its short title, the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, and fixes its commencement on 1 January 1909. It extends to the whole of India, with a carve-out for the State of Nagaland and the tribal areas, where the State Government may extend the Code or parts of it by notification. Its application to certain Islands, Agencies and Lakshadweep is without prejudice to local rules or regulations. Sub-section (3) was substituted by the 1976 amendment.

Preliminary: Sections 1 To 8

  1. 1 Short title, commencement and extent
  2. 2 Definitions
  3. 3 Subordination of Courts
  4. 4 Savings
  5. 5 Application of the Code to Revenue Courts
  6. 6 Pecuniary jurisdiction
  7. 7 Provincial Small Cause Courts
  8. 8 Presidency Small Cause Courts