RAJASTHAN CIVIL COURTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1965

Act No. 20 of 1965

06th November, 1965

An Act further to amend the Rajasthan Civil Courts Ordinance, 1950. Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Sixteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

S.1 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 1965.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.

S.2 Substitution of new section for section 19, Rajasthan Ordinance 7 of 1950

For section 19 of the Rajasthan Civil Courts Ordinance, 1950 (Rajasthan Ordinance 7 of 1950), the following section shall be substituted, namely:--

"19. Jurisdiction of other Courts.--

(1) Subject as aforesaid,--

• (i) the court of a civil judge shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all original suits and proceedings of a civil nature, and
• (ii) the court of a munsif shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all original suits and proceedings of a civil nature of which the value does not exceed five thousand rupees:

Provided that the State Government may by notification published in the Official Gazette, increase the limit of five thousand rupees to ten thousand rupees in the case of any munsif of not less than ten years standing and specially recommended in this behalf by the High Court. A munsif so empowered shall continue to exercise this power so long and as often as he may fill the office of a munsif without reference