SINDH CIVIL COURTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2010 SINDH ACT NO: III OF 2011

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH NOTIFICATION

KARACHI, THE 24TH FEBRUARY, 2011

NO.PAS/Legis-B-24/2010- The  Sindh  Civil  Courts  (Amendment)  Bill,

2010 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Sindh on 13th

January, 2011 and assented to by the Governor of Sindh on 17th February,

2011 is hereby published as an Act of the Legislature of Sindh.

THE SINDH CIVIL COURTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2010

SINDH ACT NO: III OF 2011

AN ACT

to amend the Sind Civil Courts Ordinance,1962.

Preamble. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Sind Civil Courts  Ordinance,1962,  in  the  manner  hereinafter appearing;

It is hereby enacted as follows:-

1.Short title and commencement. (1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  Sindh  Civil  Courts(Amendment) Act, 2010.

(2)  It shall come into force at once.

2.Amendment of section 7 of West Pakistan Ordinance No.II of 1962.

In the Sind Civil Courts Ordinance,1962, hereinafter referred to as the said Ordinance, for section 7, the following shall be substituted:-

“7.Original Jurisdiction of the Court of District Judge.

Subject to this Ordinance or any law for the time being in force, the original jurisdiction of the Court of the District Judge in civil suits and proceedings shall be without limit of the value thereof excepting in the Karachi Districts where the original jurisdiction in civil suits and

proceedings of the value exceeding fifteen million rupees

shall be exercised by the High Court:

Provided that nothing contained hereinabove shall affect any suit or proceedings pending in the High Court prior to the commencement of the Sindh Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,2010 and all such suits and proceedings shall continue to be tried and decided by the High Court.”

3.Amendment of section 24 of West Pakistan Ordinance No.II of 1962.In the said Ordinance, in section 24, for the words “thirty lacs of rupees” wherever occurring, the words “fifteen million of rupees” shall be substituted.

BY ORDER OF THE SPEAKER PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

HADI BUX BURIRO SECRETARY

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH