Bare ActsThe Kerala Small Cause Courts Act, 1957

Section 20

Return of plamts in sutta mvolvmg questtons of tttle

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Return of plamts in sutta mvolvmg questtons of tttle.- (1) Notwithstandmg anything m the foregoing provisions of this Act, when the rrght of a plamhff and the"' relief claimed by him in a Court of Small Causes depend upon the proof or disproof of a title to Immovable property or other title which such a Court cannot finally determine, the Court may at any stage of the proceedmgs return the plamt to be presented to a Court havmg jurisdiction to determine the title. (2) When a Court returns a plaint under sub-section (1), it shall comply w1th the proviswns of Order VII, rule 10, of the First Schedule to the Code of C1v1l Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), and make such order with respect to costs as 1t deems just, and the Court, shall, for the purposes of the Indian Limitation Act, 1908 (9 of 1908), be deemed to have been unable to entertain the suit by reason of a cause of a nature hke to that of defect of jurisdiction.

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