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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Section 96

Appealfrom Original Decree

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Section 96 is part of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Appealfrom Original Decree. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) Save where otherwise expressly provided in the body of this Code or by any other law for the time being in force, an appeal shall lie from every decree passed by any Court exercising original jurisdiction to the Court authorized to hear appeals from the decisions of such Court.

(2) An appeal may lie from an original decree passed ex parte.

(3) No appeal shall lie from a decree passed by the Court with the consent of parties.

1[(4) No appeal shall lie, except on a question of law, from a decree in any suit of the nature cognizable by Courts of Small Causes, when the amount or value of the subject-matter of the original suit does not exceed2[ten thousand rupees].]

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1. Inserted by Act 104 of 1976, section 33, ( w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

2. Substituted by Act 46 of 1999, sec.9, for "three thousand rupees" (w.e.f. 1-7-2002).

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