section 48
Procedure before village courts.
The Manipur (Village Authorities in Hill Areas) Act, 1956General195658 sections4 chapters
Chapter III ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BY VILLAGE AUTHORITIES
Statutory text
- (1) The provisions of—
- (a) the Court Fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870),
- (b) the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), and
- (c) the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), shall not apply to any trial or any criminal case or civil suit before a village court.
- (2) The procedure to be followed by a village court in any criminal case or civil suit and in the enforcement of its decisions, sentences, decrees and orders, and in the method of forming a quorum shall be prescribed by rules made under this Act.
- (3) The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872) shall not apply in the trial of any case or suit by a village court but the village court shall observe as far as possible the principles underlying that Act.
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