Act Number: 5

Act Name: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Year: 1908

Enactment Date: 1908-03-21

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the procedure of the Courts of Civil Judicature.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 129: Power of High Courts to make rules as to their original Civil procedure.
    Notwithstanding anything in this Code, any High Court 1 [not being the Court of a Judicial Commissioner] may make such rules not inconsistent with the Letters Patent 2 [or order] 3 [or other law] establishing it to regulate its own procedure in the exercise of its original civil jurisdiction as it shall think fit, and nothing herein contained shall affect the validity of any such rules in force at the commencement of this Code.
Notes:
1. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "for a Part A State or a Part B State".
2. Ins. by the A.O. 1950.
3. Ins. by Act 2 of 1951, s. 17 (w.e.f. 1-4-1951).
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