Section 0

(4) - . .(d). if . on the application. of. -any party a Jud-ge of the Divisional Conrt, certifies. that therc - . . . ~ is a question .of law o'n custominvolved, and that the case is, in his opinio,n, of sufficient importance to justify a further appeal: ; . - I 1 - i i i. j:-' i' - i - . .Erovided, that- - (i) . an application under ' clause :(d) of this - . . sub-section shall not be received after .-the expiration of .thirty .days from the date on which the decree ~f the Divisional Court is pa.ssed,.unless the applicant satisfies tho ,.Judge. <that he had su.fficient cause : for: not p-resenting it within that period ; and. . . - . a (5) w `(ii)` a further appeal shall 11ot lie in any small cause of value not amounting to one thousand rupees or upwards or in any unclassed suit of value not exceeding one hundred rupees. (2) (2) Subject to the other pvovisions of this Act, appeals from decrees passed and not appealed from beforo the comrnencenienl oS lhis Aot shall lie and be disposed of as if the Punjab Courts Act, 1884, had on the third day of October, 1884, been passed `as` amended by this Act. I I ==> picture [5 x 7] intentionally omitted <== - . . . .ACT No. XIPI OF 1888. . , . . , . `PASSED BY THE GOVERNOR GENEILAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL.` : ' (Received the assent `of` the Gover?zor Qenerul on the 26th October, 1888.) . . . . . - - - C An Act to amend the Punjab Courts Act, 1884. W H E R E A S it is expedient to amend the Punjab Courts Act, 1884; It is hereby enacted as fol- XVTII of 1884. lows :- 1. (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Courts Act, 1888. (2) I t has the same local extent as the Punjab . - . Courts Act, 1884 ; and, `13)` Except in so Ear as it amends section 43 of [1884. ] that' Act, it shall come into force on the sixteenth day of November, 1888. XVIII of (4) ||'.:||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |1||. .<br>"(3)(unclassed suit' means a suit which is neither<br>. .<br>.<br>. . .|*<br>.<br>. .<br>. . .|||.<br>+.|| |,|.|..<br>asmall cause nor a land-suit:and<br>.<br>. * .|.<br>. * .||. * .. * '||. * '| |||"(4)(value',used with reference to a suit, means|||||| |||the amount or value of the subject-matter of the|||||| |||suit.''|||||| ||xvIIrof<br>188-6.|3,The proviso to section 8, sub-section_( I ) ,_of theRepealof<br>Punjab Courts Act,1884,is hereby repealed.<br>yrovpoto<br>section8,<br>sub-section|sub-section||||| |||(11,Act<br>XVIII,18841||||18841|| ||XVIIIof<br>1884.|4.For clause (b) of section14,sub-section( I ) ,ofAmeudment<br>the Pun jab Courts Act, 1684, the following shall be$ substituted; namely:-<br>_( I ) ,_clause||Ameudment<br>|~.<br>',||| |||(61,Act<br>"(b) declarilig what persons shall be peymitted toXvu1,1s84.||||1s84.|| |||practise as petition-writers in the Courts of<br>.|||||| |||the Punjab, regulating the conduct of busi-|||||| |||ness by persons so practising, and deter-|,||,.|.|| |||mining the authority by which breaches of<br>rules under this clause shall be tried".||-..|||| ||xVIIIof<br>1884.|5.For ChapterIVof the Punjab Courts Act,Substitutioq<br>1884, the following shall be substituted, namely:--<br>ofnew<br>.<br>Chapterfor<br>ChapterIV,||||.|| |||CHAPTERIV.<br>~ c t<br>XVIII,<br>1884.||||XVIII,|| |||"39.Save as otherwise provided by any enactment~ p p e i l s<br>.<br>for the time being i11 force, appeals fromdecreesoff'''~~~~"'!|||||.<br>f'''~~~~"'!| |||Courts exercising original jurisdiction shall lie as<br>..|.||||| |||follows, namely:-|||||| |||(a)to the District Judge fromadecree of a 'igun.|||||| |||sifi11a small cause of value not exceeding|||||| |||five hundred rupees or in an uiiclassed suit|||||| |||of value not exceeding oue hundred rupees;<br>..|.|.|||| |||(b)to the Chief Court fromadecree of a Subor-<br>-|-||a|a|| |||dinate Judge or District Judge in any|||||| |||original suit of value exceeding five thsu-|||||| |||sand rupees or from a decree of a Divisional|||||| |||Court in any original suit;and|||||| |||(4to|||||| (2) (2) A Subordinate Judge shall, for purposes 'connected with the exercise of powers so conferred, be deemed to be a District Judge. `"43.` (1) The period of limitation for an appeal Period of under section 39 or section $0 and for an appeal from an order from which an appeal lies shall run from the date of the decree or order appealed against,' and shall be as follows, .- that is to say :- . (a) when the appeal .lies to the District Judge-thirty days ; a (.b) when the appeal lies to the Divisional Court- sixty days ; (c) when the appeal lies to the Cbief Court--ninety days. (2) 'In .. . . ... - . -. . - . - :. . . . @@ . . . .. . ... ... . . . : , , , I-:::... . . :. - . ,,, - r 96 Pzcnjuh Cou~tsc [ACT XIII . . . - :. . . . @@ . . . .. . ... ... . . . : , , , . . :. - . ,,, - r : . . . . : i - `.I,.` : j . Refelaences to .Chig€ Court (4) :< -(.c) $ t o the Di~is~onal Court from `a.` -decree . passed - . - in an original suit by a,..Munsif, Subor; - . . dinate Judge or District Judge and not hei.einbefore provided for. I . . 1 . - ! 1 Appeals ! 1 Appeals " 40. (I) A further appeal shall lie to the Chief i '., froni apl~cl- i late cleerecs of Court in any of the folloaing cases fr0.m an appellate 1 Divisional decree of a Divisionql ,Court on any gro,und.,:ahich i ' Courts. mould be a good ground df appeal i f the decree. had , i been, passed in an original suit, namely :- , i 1 .: 1 .. ~1:. I: : . .. - . . . . . . . . I , ; . . 1 . . - (0) if the, value of the suit is one^ thousand-rupees ' or upwards, or the decn:e involves directly some claim to, or question.respecting, property of like value ; - (6) in `a.` land-suit'.if the 'Divlisiorial Court coniists 'oEa single Judge a n d the decree varies or reverses, otherwise than. as t o costs, the decree of the Court below; ! 1 \:.. . .- ! . _ i > . . . i - (cj .in a land-suit if, in a. Divisional .Court consisting of more than one Judge, the appeal is $heard by two o r more Judges and tliere is - : .not ,, a majority .of those, Judges conourring in the decree of the Divisional Court confirming, - varying ur, reversing, otherwise than as to costs, the decision of the Court - . . :. below ; . `..,.` (2) (2) In computing these periods of thirty, sixty , and ninety days, and ~n all respects not herein specified, the limitation of the appeals shall be governed . . ,,, - r : . . `.I,.` . . : . Refelaences to .Chig€ Court undei section . -617 of Code ,of.Civil Pro- : cedure. ' . . .by the provisions of the Indian Limitation Act, 1877 : xv of i877. Provided that, in computing the period of ninety days for an appeal under clause (d) of section 40, subsection ( I ) , the time during which the application under that clause has bee11 pending shall be exch~ded. " 44. For the purpose of section 617 of the Code Court undei section of Civil Procedure, every appeal to a 'Divisional Court XIV of 1882. -617 of Code under this Chapter shall, except when the value of the suit is one thousand rupees or upwards, be deemed to be an appeal in which the decree is final." . . . . . . `6.` The following sections shall be added to. the . Punjab Courts Act, 1884, namely :- Adpition of, : . bectioos to . ~~t ~~111, . -1884. XVIII of 1884. (2) Appointgent of Additiounl g r 76. `( i )` When the business pending before any soil . alld.Dietrict[Divisional Court consisting of one Judge, os before. ] the Court of any. District Judge, requires the aid of JK!ges* an Additional Judge for its speedy-disposal, the Local Government may appoint to the Court an Additional . . . Divisional Judge or an .Additional District Judge, as . . . . . the case may be. - ' " ,. ; . . . . JK!ges* - . . . . . . '( (2) An Additional Judge so'sppointed shall discharge any of the functions of a Divisional Judge or ~ i s t r i c t Judge, as t h e case may be, which the Divisional Judge or Dist~ict Judge may assign to him, and shall, as regards the discharge of those functions and subject to the provisions of tlie next following sub-section, be deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to be a Divisional J u d ~ e or District Judge. - ! . . . .[. ][. ] - j. . . ... . . . . . . . . . - . . ... . " (3) Where a.n' Additional Divisional Judge is appointecl t,o a Tli.visiona.1 Court under sub-section:(l), the Court shall ~ o t be deemed for the purposes of -this Act to be a Divisional Court consisting of more than one Judge. . f . . > . (' 76. Subject to the provisions of any enactment for the tirue being in force, the Chief Court ma.y, of . ... I_ its Tra~lsfer of , proceedings. . . . . . . `s` ==> picture [68 x 216] intentionally omitted <== 97 `1888.1` (2) ==> picture [86 x 17] intentionally omitted <== its own motion or on the application of a party, withdraw any proceeding which is pending in any Court subordinate to it and for the withdrawal of which provision is not made in sections 25 and 647 of the rv of 1882. Code of Civil Procedure or in section 526 of the Code of 1882. of Criminal Frocedure, 1882, and- may either itself dispose of the proceeding or transfer it for disposal to any other subordinate Court." any other subordinate Court." VIII of 7. (I) Section 8 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1884, f2z:0f 584. shall apply as amended by section 3 of this Act to decrees , proceedings pending at the commencement of this already made.. Act.