Section 88
Procedure of Revenue Courts.
About this Act
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Tenancy of Land in the Punjab.
(1) The Local Government may, with the previous sanction of
the Governor General in Council, make rules consistent with this Act for regulating the procedure of
Revenue Courts in matters under this Act for which a procedure is not prescribed thereby, and may by
any such rule direct that any provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply with or without
modification to all or any classes of cases before those Courts.
(2) Until rules are made under sub-section (1), and subject to those rules when made and to the provisions of this Act,—
(a) the Code of Civil Procedure shall, so far as it is applicable, apply to all proceedings in Revenue Courts whether before or after decree; and
(b) the Financial Commissioner shall, in respect of those proceedings be deemed to be the High Court within the meaning of that Code, and shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, exercise, as regards the Courts under his control, all the powers of a High Court under the Code.
(2) Until rules are made under sub-section (1), and subject to those rules when made and to the provisions of this Act,—
(a) the Code of Civil Procedure shall, so far as it is applicable, apply to all proceedings in Revenue Courts whether before or after decree; and
(b) the Financial Commissioner shall, in respect of those proceedings be deemed to be the High Court within the meaning of that Code, and shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, exercise, as regards the Courts under his control, all the powers of a High Court under the Code.