S.1 SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT

       (1) This Act may be called the Bombay Commissioners of Divisions Act, 1957.
       (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Bombay.
       (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

S.2 DEFINITIONS

       In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise, -
       (a) "Commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of a division appointed under the law relating to land revenue as amended by the Schedule of this Act;
       (b) "Director of Local Authorities" means the Officer appointed for the time being by the State Government to be the Director of Local Authorities;
       (c) "division" means the territories formed into a division under the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879, or under that Code in its application to the Kutch and Saurashtra areas of the State of Bombay, or under the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code,
       1954, or under the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1954, or under the Hyderabad Land Revenue Act;
       (d) "Divisional O

S.3 AMENDMENTS TO ENACTMENTS

       Power of State Government to confer powers and impose duties on Commissioners under any law
       (1) For the purposes of constituting offices of Commissioners of decisions and conferring powers and imposing duties on Commissioners and for certain other purposes, the enactments specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Act shall be amended in the manner and to the extent specified in column 2 thereof.
       (2) The Commissioner of a division, appointed under the law relating to land revenue as amended by the said Schedule, shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred and imposed on the Commissioner by any law for the time being in force, including the enactments referred to in sub-section (X) as amended by the said Schedule.
       (3) The State Government may by notification in the Official

S.4 REPEAL OF BOM. XXVIII OF 1950 AND C. P. AND BERAR ACT LXI OF 1948

       (1) On the commencement of this Act, the Bombay Commissioners (Abolition of Office) Act, 1950, and the Central Provinces and Berar Commissioners (Construction of References) Act, 1948, shall be repealed.
       (2) The repeal referred to in sub-section (1) shall not affect-
       (a) any legal proceedings to which the State Government or any officer or authority (other than the Divisional Officer or Director of Local Authorities) is a party ; and any such proceedings shall, subject to the provisions of any law for the time being in force, be continued and disposed of as if this Act had not been passed ;
       (b) any powers of duties, other than those conferred or imposed by or under the provisions of this Act on the Commissioner, which immediately before the commencement of this Act may have been conferred or i

S.5 PENDING LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

       If at the commencement of this Act, any legal proceedings are pending to which a Divisional Officer or Director of Local Authorities is a party, the Commissioner shall be substituted for the Divisional Officer or the Director of Local Authorities in the said proceedings.
       

S.6 CONSTRUCTION OF REFERENCES TO DIVISIONAL OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN EXISTING LAW

       Subject to the provisions made in the Schedule, all existing laws shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as if references therein to the Divisional Officer, or, as the case may be, to the Director of Local Authorities were references to the Commissioner.

S.7 CONSTRUCTION OF REFERENCES IN INSTRUMENTS OR DOCUMENTS

       All instruments or documents executed or made before the commencement of this Act under or with reference to any existing law or any enactment specified in the Schedule shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as if references therein to the
       Divisional Officer or the Director of Local Authorities were references to the Commissioner.

S.8 PENDING PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE DIVISIONAL OFFICER OR DIRECTOR OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES, ETC.

       All proceedings including proceedings by way of appeals, revision or review pending under any existing law before the State Government or a Divisional Officer or Director of Local Authorities or any other officer or authority immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, where disposal of the proceedings falls within the purview of the powers and duties of the Commissioner, be transferred to the Commissioner for disposal according to law.