The Puducherry Civil Courts Act, 1966
The Puducherry Civil Courts Act, 1966
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The Puducherry Civil Courts Act, 1966, establishes and regulates the civil court system in the Union territory of Puducherry, organizing it into District, Subordinate, and Munsif courts. It applies to all residents and litigants within Puducherry, including Mahe, Yanam, and Karaikal. The Act matters because it transitioned the region from its historical French colonial judicial structure to the standardized Indian legal framework. By defining the monetary limits for disputes each court can handle and outlining the appeals process, it ensures a structured, accessible, and orderly system for resolving civil and property disputes.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Courts and their number and jurisdiction.
- 4. Appointment of Additional Judges.
- 5. Situation of Courts.
- 6. Courts under the Act to be successors to existing Courts.
- 7. Seal of Court.
- 8. Jurisdiction of District Judge or Subordinate Judge and District
- 9. Appeal from Decrees and Orders of District Courts, Subordinate
- 10. Power to require witness or party to make oath or affirmation.
- 11. Court under this Act may require a witness or party to any suit or other proceeding pending in such Court to make such oath or affirmation as is prescribed by the law for the time being in force.
- 12. Duties of ministerial officers.
- 13. Temporary discharge of duties of District Judge.
- 14. District Judge to control Civil Courts.
- 15. Power to invest **[ ] Subordinate Judge or Munsif with small cause jurisdiction.
- 16. Exercise by Subordinate Judge of jurisdiction of District Judge in certain proceedings.
- 17. Vacation.
- 18. Abolition of Conseil du Contentieux Adminsratif.
- 19. Abolition of the Offices of the Procureur de la Republique.
- 20. Pending Proceedings.
- 21. Rule of construction.
- 22. Effect on other laws.
- 23. Power to remove difficulties.
- 24. Repeal and saving
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