Lawgist31Execution of decree of Small Cause Court by other Courts
If the judgment-debtor under any decree of the Small Cause Court has not, within the local limits of its jurisdiction, movable property sufficient to satisfy the decree, the Court may, on the application of the decree-holder, send the decree for execution—
(a) in the case of execution against immovable property situate within such local limits—1 [to the Madras City Civil Court or the High Court of Judicature at Fort William or Bombay, as the case may be];
(b) in all other cases—to any Civil Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction such judgment-debtor, or any movable or immovable property of such judgment-debtor, may be found.
Procedure when decree transferred.—The procedure prescribed by the 2Code of Civil Procedure (14 of 1882) for the execution of decrees by Courts other than those which made them shall be the procedure followed in such cases.
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1. Subs. by Act 7 of 1892, s. 12, for "to the high court".
2. See now the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act 5 of 1908).
- 23 Repealed
- 24 No written statement except in cases of set-off
- 25 Return of documents admitted in evidence
- 26 Compensation payable by plaintiff to defendant in certain cases
- 27 Decree-holder to accompany officer executing warrant
- 28 Things attached to immovable property and removable by tenant to be deemed movable in execution
- 29 Discharge of judgment-debtor on sufficient security
- 30 Court may in certain cases suspend execution of decree
- 31 Execution of decree of Small Cause Court by other Courts
- 32 Minors may sue in certain cases as if of full age
- 33 Power to delegate non-judicial duties
- 34 Registrar to hear and determine suits like a Judge
- 35 Registrar may execute all decrees with the same powers as a Judge
- 36 Decrees and orders of Registrar to be subject to new trial as if made by a Judge
