Chapter III — SUBORDINATE COURTS

Section 23Local limits of the jurisdiction of courts of subordinate judges and munsiffs

Section 23: Local limits of the jurisdiction of courts of subordinate judges and munsiffs

23. Local limits of the jurisdiction of courts of subordinate judges and munsiffs

(1)

The local limits of the jurisdiction of the court of a subordinate judge or a munsiff shall be such as the Chief Commissioner may, by notification in the Official Gazette, define.

(2)

When the Chief Commissioner posts a subordinate judge to a district, the local limits of the district shall, in the absence of any direction to the contrary, be the local limits of his jurisdiction.