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PETITIONER: THE STATE OF BOMBAY
Vs.
RESPONDENT: SALAT PRAGJI KARAMSI
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 07/03/1957
BENCH: KAPUR, J.L. BENCH: KAPUR, J.L. BHAGWATI, NATWARLAL H. JAGANNADHADAS, B. IMAM, SYED JAFFER MENON, P. GOVINDA
CITATION: 1957 AIR 517 1957 SCR 745
ACT: Application of Laws-Law of one State made applicable another State-When comes into force-Adaptations-Words "shall be construed as "-Meaning of-Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act (Bom. IV of 1887), s. 1-Kutch (Application of Laws) Order, 1949.
HEADNOTE: By cl. 3 of the Kutch (Application of Laws) Order, 1949, the Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act (Bom. IV of 1887) was made applicable to Kutch. Clause 4 of the Order provided that the Acts applied to Kutch by the Order " shall be construed " as if (1) [1855] 25 L.J.Q.B. 6i (Regina v. Chester, Mayor, etc.) 96 746 references therein to the authorities and territories were references to the authorities and territories of Kutch as set out in that clause. The words "shall be construed as " mean "shall be read as" and: consequently wherever in the Bombay Act the words " Provincial Government " or " Government " are used, they have to be read as " Chief Commissioner of Kutch and the words ,Province or the Presidency of Bombay " as Kutch or any part thereof ". So understood, s. 1 of the Bombay Act as applied to Kutch provided that all or a...