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Exercise by Civil Judges of jurisdiction of District Courts in certain \r\nproceedings. \r\n13. Places of sitting of Courts. \r\n14. Control of Courts and presiding officers. \r\n15. Power to distribute business. \r\n16. Delegation of powers by District Judges. \r\nCHAPTER III \r\nJurisdiction in Civil Appeals \r\n17. Appeals from District Judges or Additional District Judges. \r\n \r\n18. Appeals from Civil Judges. \r\nCHAPTER IV \r\nSupplemental provisions \r\n19. Continuance of powers of officers. \r\n20. Provisions regarding petition-writers. \r\n21. Temporary vacancy of office of District Judge. \r\n22. Delegation of powers of the District Judge. \r\n23. Temporary vacancy of office of Civil Judge. \r\n24. Civil Courts having unlimited jurisdiction regarding value to try suits \r\nagainst the State and its servants in their official capacity. \r\n25. List of holidays. \r\n26. Seal of the Court. \r\n27. Power to frame rules. \r\n28. [Omitted] \r\nTHE SCHEDULE \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE \r\n2\r\n[PUNJAB] CIVIL COURTS ORDINANCE, 1962 \r\n(II of 1962) \r\n[8 January 1962] \r\nAn \r\nOrdinance \r\nto amend and consolidate the law relating to Civil Courts in the Province of \r\n3\r\n[the \r\nPunjab]. \r\n WHEREAS it is expedient to amend and consolidate the law relating to Civil \r\nCourts in the Province of \r\n4\r\n[the Punjab]. \r\n NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Presidential Proclamation of the \r\nseventh day of October, 1958, and having received the previous instructions of the \r\nPresident, the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased, in exercise of all powers \r\nenabling him in that behalf, to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:– \r\nCHAPTER I \r\nPreliminary \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be called \r\nthe \r\n5\r\n[Punjab] Civil Courts Ordinance, \r\n6\r\n[1962]. \r\n7\r\n[(2) It extends to whole of the Punjab.] \r\n8\r\n[(3) It shall come into force at once.] \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the \r\nfollowing expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to \r\nthem, that is to say– \r\n9\r\n[(a) “Government” means Government of the Punjab;] \r\n10\r\n[(b) “High Court” means Lahore High Court;] \r\n \r\n1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on November 10, 1961, published in the Gazette of West \r\nPakistan (Extraordinary), dated January 8, 1962, pp. 87-96, saved and given permanent effect by Article 225 of the Constitution \r\nof the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1962). \r\n2Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f. 14. 8.1973), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read with \r\nSchedule, Part III, Serial No. 49. \r\n3Ibid. \r\n4Ibid. \r\n5Ibid. \r\n6The figure “1961” corrected through corrigendum. \r\n7Substituted by the Punj ab Civil Courts (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXXVIII of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated September 2, 2016, pp. 1503-1504, s. 2(a). \r\n8Ibid., s. 2(b). \r\n9Ibid., s. 3(i). \r\n10Ibid., s. 3(ii). \r\n \r\n(c) “land” means land which is not occupied as the site of any building in a \r\ntown or village and is occupied or has been let for agricultural purposes \r\nor for purposes subservient to agriculture or for pasture, and includes \r\nthe sites of buildings and other structures on such lands; \r\n(d) “land suit” means a suit relating to land or to any right or interest in \r\nland; \r\n(e) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance; \r\n1\r\n[(f) “small cause” means a suit or claim cognizable by a court established \r\nunder the Small Claims and Minor Offences Courts Ordinance, 2002 \r\n(XXVI of 2002);] \r\n(g) “unclassed suit” means a suit which is neither a small cause nor a land \r\nsuit; and \r\n(h) “value” used with reference to a suit means the amount or value of the \r\nsubject matter of the suit. \r\nCHAPTER II \r\nCivil Courts \r\n3. Classes of Courts .– Besides \r\n2\r\n[a court established under the Small Claims \r\nand Minor Offences Courts Ordinance, 2002 (XXVI of 2002)] , and the Courts \r\nestablished under any other enactment for the time being in force, there shall be the \r\nfollowing classes of Civil Courts, namely:– \r\n(a) the Court of the District Judge; \r\n(b) the Court of the Additional District Judge; and \r\n(c) the Court of the Civil Judge. \r\n4. Civil Districts .– For the purposes of this Ordinance, Government may, by \r\nnotification, divide the Province into civil districts, fix the limits of such districts and \r\ndetermine the headquarters of each such district. \r\n5. District Judges .– Government shall, in consultation with the High Court, \r\nappoint as many persons as it thinks necessary to be District Judges and post a \r\nDistrict Judge to each district: \r\nProvided that the same person may be appointed to be District Judge of two \r\nor more districts. \r\n6. Additional District Judges .– (1) Government may, in consultation with the \r\nHigh Court, appoint as many Additional District Judges as may be necessary. \r\n(2) An Additional District Judge shall discharge such functions of a District \r\nJudge as the District Judge may assign to him, and in the discharge of those \r\nfunctions he shall exercise the same powers as the District Judge. \r\n \r\n1Substituted by the Punjab Civil Courts (Amendment ) Act 2016 (XXXVIII of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated September 2, 2016, pp. 1503-1504, s. 3(iii). \r\n2Substituted for the expression “the Courts of Small Causes established under the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887” by \r\nthe Punjab Civil Courts (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXXVIII of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nSeptember 2, 2016, pp. 1503-1504, s. 4. \r\n \r\n7. Original jurisdiction of District Judges in suits .– Except as otherwise \r\nprovided by any enactment for the time being in force, the Court of the District Judge \r\nshall have jurisdiction in original civil suits without limit as regards the value. \r\n8. Civil Judges.– Government may, in consultation with the High Court– \r\n(a) fix the number of Civil Judges to be appointed; \r\n(b) make rules prescribing qualifications for recruitment of persons \r\nas Civil Judges; and \r\n(c) appoint as many Civil Judges as may be deemed necessary. \r\n9. Pecuniary limits of Jurisdiction of Civil Judges .– The jurisdiction to be \r\nexercised in original civil suits as regards the value by any person appointed to be a \r\nCivil Judge shall be determined by the High Cou rt either by including him in a class \r\nor otherwise as it thinks fit. \r\n10. Local limits of jurisdiction .– (1) The local limits of the jurisdiction of a Civil \r\nJudge shall be such as the High Court may define. \r\n(2) When the High Court posts a Civil Judge to a d istrict, the local limits of \r\nthe district shall, in the absence of any direction to the contrary, be deemed to be the \r\nlocal limits of his jurisdiction. \r\n1\r\n[11. Power to invest Civil Judges with Small Cause Courts \r\njurisdiction.– * * * * * * * * * * ] \r\n12. Exercise by Civil Judges of jurisdiction of District Courts in certain \r\nproceedings.– (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Succession Act, 1925\r\n2\r\n, \r\nthe High Court may, by general or special order, authorise any Civil Judge to take \r\ncognizance of or any District Judge to transfer to a Civil Judge under his control, any \r\nproceedings or class of proceedings under the said Act. \r\n(2) The District Judge may withdraw any such proceedings taken \r\ncognizance of by or transferred to a Civil Judge, and may either hi mself dispose of \r\nthem or transfer them to a Court under his control competent to dispose of them: \r\nProvided that nothing herein contained shall empower a District Judge to \r\nwithdraw such proceedings as have been specifically transferred from his Court by \r\nthe High Court. \r\n(3) Proceedings taken cognizance of by or transferred to a Civil Judge, as \r\nthe case may be, under this section, shall be disposed of by him subject to the rules \r\napplicable to like proceedings when disposed of by the District Judge. \r\n13. Places of sitting of Courts .– (1) The High Court may fix the place or places \r\nat which any Court under this Ordinance is to be held. \r\n(2) The place or places so fixed may be beyond the local limits of the \r\njurisdiction of the Court. \r\n \r\n1Omitted by the Punjab Civil Courts (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXXVIII of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated September 2, 2016, pp. 1503-1504, s. 5. \r\n2XXXIX of 1925. \r\n \r\n(3) Except as may be otherwise provided by any order under this section, \r\na Court under this Ordinance may be held at any place within the local limits of its \r\njurisdiction. \r\n14. Control of Courts and presiding officers .– (1) All Civil Courts in the areas \r\nto which this Ordinance extends s hall be subordinate to the High Court, and, subject \r\nto the general superintendence and control of the High Court, the District Judge shall \r\nhave control over all Civil Courts within the local limits of his jurisdiction. \r\n(2) The posting of Civil Judges shall be made by the High Court. \r\n15. Power to distribute business .– Notwithstanding anything contained in the \r\nCode of Civil Procedure, 1908\r\n1\r\n, every District Judge may by written order direct that \r\nany civil business cognizable by his Court and the Courts under his control shall be \r\ndistributed among such Courts in such manner as he thinks fit: \r\nProvided that no direction issued under this section shall empower any Court \r\nto exercise any powers or deal with any business beyond the limits of its jurisdiction. \r\n16. Delegation of powers by District Judges .– A District Judge may, with the \r\nprevious sanction of the High Court, delegate, in respect of any specified portion of \r\nthe district, to any Civil Judge in the district, his powers under sections 14 and 15 of \r\nthis Ordinance and the powers of the District Court under section 24 of the Code of \r\nCivil Procedure, 1908\r\n2\r\n, and such powers may be exercised by such Civil Judge \r\nsubject to the general control of the District Judge. \r\nCHAPTER III \r\nJurisdiction in Civil Appeals \r\n17. Appeals from District Judges or Additional District Judges .– (1) Save as \r\notherwise provided by any enactment for the time being in force, an appeal from a \r\ndecree or order of a District Judge or Additional District Judge exercising original \r\njurisdiction shall lie to the High Court. \r\n(2) An appeal shall not lie to the High Court from a decree or order of an \r\nAdditional District Judge in any case in which, if the decree or order had been made \r\nby the District Judge, an appeal would not lie to that Court. \r\n18. Appeals from Civil Judges.– (1) Save as aforesaid, an appeal from a decree \r\nor order of a Civil Judge shall lie– \r\n(a) to the High Court if the value of the original suit in which the decree or \r\norder was made exceeds \r\n3\r\n[\r\n4\r\n[\r\n5\r\n[\r\n6\r\n[fifty million]]]] rupees; and \r\n \r\n1V of 1908. \r\n2V of 1908. \r\n3Substituted for the words “twenty five” by the Punjab Civil courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (XX of 1978), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated September 20, 1978, pp. 1289-1290, s. 2. \r\n4Substituted for the word “fifty” by the Punjab Civil Courts Ordinance (Amendment) Act, 1986 (V of 1986), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated June 14, 1986, pp. 1311-1312, s. 2. \r\n5Substituted for the word “two” by the Punjab Civil Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (LV of 2002), published in the Punjab \r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp. 2809-2810, s. 2. \r\n6Substituted for the words “twenty five hundred thousand” by the Punjab Civil Courts (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXXVIII of 2016), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated September 2, 2016, pp. 1503-1504, s. 6. \r\n \r\n(b) to the District Judge in any other case. \r\n(2) Where the function of receiving any appeals which lie to the District \r\nJudge under the last preceding sub -section has been assigned to an Additional \r\nDistrict Judge, the appeals may be preferred to the Additional District Judge. \r\n(3) The High Court may, by notification, direct that appeals lying to the \r\nDistrict Judge from all or any of the decrees or orders passed in any original suit by \r\nany Civil Judge shall be referred to such other Civil Judge as may be mentioned in \r\nthe no tification, and the appeals shall thereupon be preferred accordingly, and the \r\nCourt of such Civil Judge shall be deemed to be a District Court for the purposes of \r\nall appeals so preferred. \r\n \r\nCHAPTER IV \r\nSupplemental provisions \r\n19. Continuance of powers of o fficers.– Whenever any person holding an \r\noffice in the service of the State who has been invested with any powers under this \r\nOrdinance throughout any local area is transferred or posted at any subsequent time \r\nto an equal or higher office of the same nature within a like local area, he shall, \r\nunless the High Court otherwise directs or has otherwise directed, exercise the same \r\npowers in the local area to which he is so transferred or posted. \r\n20. Provisions regarding petition-writers.– The High Court, in consultation with \r\nthe Board of Revenue, \r\n1\r\n[Punjab], may make rules consistent with this Ordinance and \r\nany other enactment for the time being in force– \r\n(a) declaring what persons shall be permitted to act as petition -writers in \r\nCourts; \r\n(b) regulating the issue o f licences to such persons, the conduct of \r\nbusiness by them and the scale of fees to be charged by them; and \r\n(c) determining the authority by which breaches of such rules shall be \r\ninvestigated and the penalties which may be imposed. \r\n21. Temporary vacancy o f office of District Judge .– In the event of the death \r\nof a District Judge or of his being prevented from performing his duties by illness or \r\nother cause, the Additional District Judge, if any, or in the absence of the Additional \r\nDistrict Judge from the di strict, the senior most of the Civil Judges at the \r\nheadquarters, shall assume charge of the district without interruption of his ordinary \r\njurisdiction, and while so in charge shall perform the duties of the District Judge with \r\nrespect to the filing of suits and appeals, receiving pleadings, execution of processes \r\nand the like, and shall be designated Additional District Judge or Civil Judge, as the \r\ncase may be, in charge of the district and shall continue in such charge until the \r\noffice of the District Judg e has been resumed or assumed by an officer duly \r\nappointed thereto. \r\n \r\n1Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f. 14.8.1973) , \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read with \r\nSchedule, Part III, Serial No. 49. \r\n \r\n22. Delegation of powers of the District Judge.– Any District Judge, leaving the \r\nheadquarters and proceeding on duty to any place within his jurisdiction or in the \r\nevent of his absence fro m the district on leave, may delegate to the Additional \r\nDistrict Judge or in the absence of an Additional District Judge to the senior most of \r\nthe Civil Judges at the headquarters, the powers of performing any of the duties \r\nenumerated in section 21 that ma y be emergent; and such officer shall be \r\ndesignated Additional District Judge or Civil Judge, as the case may be, in charge of \r\nthe district. \r\n23. Temporary vacancy of office of Civil Judge .– In the event of the death, \r\nsuspension or temporary absence of any Civil Judge, the District Judge, may \r\nempower any other Civil Judge of the district to perform the duties of the Judge of \r\nthe vacated Civil Court, either at the place of such Court or of his own Court, but in \r\nevery such case the registers and records of the two Courts shall be kept separately. \r\n24. Civil Courts having unlimited jurisdiction regarding value to try suits \r\nagainst the State and its servants in their official capacity .– (1) No Civil Court \r\nnot having jurisdiction in original suits without limit as regards value and no Court of \r\nthe Small Causes shall receive, entertain or register any suit in which Pakistan or \r\nany of its Provinces or any public officer as defined in clause (17) of section 2 of the \r\nCode of Civil Procedure, 1908\r\n1\r\n, in his official capacity is a party \r\n2\r\n[:] \r\n3\r\n[\r\n4\r\n[ * * * * * * * * * ]] \r\n(2) In every such case the plaintiff shall be referred to the Court of the Civil \r\nJudge having jurisdiction in original suits without limit as regards value and such suit \r\nshall be instituted only in the Court o f such Civil Judge and shall be heard at the \r\nheadquarters of the district. \r\n5\r\n[\r\n6\r\n[(2-A) * * * * * * * * ]] \r\n7\r\n[\r\n8\r\n[(2-B) * * * * * * * * ]] \r\n(3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to a suit relating to the \r\naffairs of a Government Railway or to any suit merely because a public officer is a \r\nparty thereto, in his capacity as– \r\n(a) a member of a local authority; or \r\n \r\n1V of 1908. \r\n2Replaced for the f ull-stop by the West Pakistan Civil Court s (Amendment) Ordinance, 1963 (XII of 1963), published in the \r\nGazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated July 17, 1963, pp. 2191-2192, s. 2. \r\n3Added by the Ordinance ibid. \r\n4Proviso deleted by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f. 14.8.1973), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read with Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 49. \r\n5Ibid. \r\n6Deleted by the Order ibid. \r\n7Inserted by the West Pakistan Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 1963 (XV of 1963), published in the Gazette of West Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated July 19, 1963, pp. 3167-3168, s. 2. \r\n8Deleted by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f. 14.8.1973) , published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read with Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 49. \r\n \r\n(b) curator, guardian, manager or representative of a private person or \r\nestate in virtue of an appointment, delegation, declaration or exerc ise \r\nof powers under– \r\n(i) Order XXXII, rule 4(4) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908\r\n1\r\n; \r\n(ii) section 195 of the Succession Act, 1925\r\n2\r\n; \r\n(iii) section 69 or 71 of the Lunacy Act, 1912\r\n3\r\n; \r\n(iv) section 7, 18 or 42 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890\r\n4\r\n; or \r\n(v) any provision of any \r\n5\r\n[Punjab] enactment relating to Court of \r\nWards. \r\n25. List of holidays .– (1) Subject to such general orders as may be made by \r\nGovernment, the High Court shall prepare a list of days to be observed in each year \r\nas holidays in the Civil Courts. \r\n(2) Every such list shall be published in the Official Gazette. \r\n26. Seal of the Court .– Every Court shall have and use, as the occasion may \r\narise, a circular seal two inches in diameter bearing round its circumference the title \r\nof the Court in English and Urdu script and in the centre a device and impression of \r\na crescent moon with the horns pointing upwards surmounted by a star, and the said \r\nseal shall be delivered to and kept in the custody of the presiding officer of the Court. \r\n27. Power to frame rul es.– (1) The High Court may, with the approval of \r\nGovernment, frame rules for the purposes of carrying into effect the provisions of this \r\nOrdinance. \r\n(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing \r\npower, the High Court may, with the approval of Government, frame rules for all or \r\nany of the following purposes, namely:– \r\n(a) the supervision of all Civil Courts and their visitation and \r\ninspection; \r\n(b) the exercise by the District Judges of the general control vested \r\nin them over the Civil Courts in their respective districts; \r\n(c) the places and times for the holding of Civil Courts; \r\n(d) the fees to be charged for processes issued by the Civil Courts \r\nor by any officer of any such Court; \r\n(e) the fees payable in any suit or proceeding in any Civil Court by \r\nany party in respect of the fees of the pleader of any other party; \r\nand \r\n \r\n1V of 1908. \r\n2XXXIX of 1925. \r\n3IV of 1912. \r\n4VIII of 1890. \r\n5Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1 974) (w.e.f. 14.8.1973) , \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read with \r\nSchedule, Part III, Serial No. 49. \r\n \r\n(f) the manner in which the proceedings of the Civil Courts shall be \r\nkept and recorded, the manner in which the paper books for the \r\nhearing of appeals shall be prepared and the granting of copies. \r\n1\r\n[28. 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