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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Section 16

Suitsto Be Instituted Where Subject-matter Situate

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Section 16 is part of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Suitsto Be Instituted Where Subject-matter Situate. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Subject to the pecuniary or other limitations prescribed by any law, suits,--

(a) for the recovery of immovable property with or without rent or profits,

(b) for the partition of immovable property,

(c) for foreclosure, sale or redemption in the case of a mortgage of or charge upon immovable property,

(d) for the determination of any other right to or interest in immovable property,

(e) for compensation for wrong to immovable property,

(f) for the recovery of movable property actually under distraint or attachment,

shall be instituted in the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the property is situate:

Provided that a suit to obtain relief respecting, or compensation for wrong to, immovable properly held by or on behalf of the defendant may, where the relief sought can be entirely obtained through hi s personal obedience, be instituted either in the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the property is situate, or in the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the defendant actually and voluntarily resides, or carries on business, or personally works for gain.

Explanation .--In this section "property" me ans property situate in1[India].

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1. Substituted by Act 2 of 1951, section 3, for "the States" (w.e.f. 1-4-1951).

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What does Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Section 16 provide?

Section Section 16 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Suitsto Be Instituted Where Subject-matter Situate) is reproduced on this page as part of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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