Transfer of suits pending in courts

Transfer of suits pending in courts.—(1) Any suit pending in any court in which an issue is raised whether a place is or is not a Sikh Gurdwara, may be transferred to the Tribunal on the application of any party to the suit, if the Tribunal is of opinion that for the convenience of the parties or for the ends of justice it is expedient that the suit should be tried by it.

1. (2) Whenever a suit is transferred to the Tribunal under the provisions of sub-section (1), the Tribunal shall proceed to try the suit as if it had been instituted before it, and may pass any decree or order that a court might have passed in the suit.