CPC 1908 § Order XLVI, Rule 7 — Power to District Court to submit for revision proceedings had under mistake as to

Statutory text (English)

jurisdiction in small causes.—

(1) Where it appears to a District Court that a Court subordinate thereto
has, by reason of erroneously holding a suit to be cognizable by a Court of Small Cause sor not to
be so cognizable, failed to exercise a jurisdiction vested in it by law, or exercised a Jurisdiction not
so vested, the District Court may, and if required by a party shall, submit the record to the High Court
with a statement of its reasons for considering the opinion of the subordinate Court with respect to the
nature of the suit to be erroneous.

(2) On receiving the record and statement the High Court may make such order in the case as
it thinks fit.

(3) With respect to any proceedings subsequent to decree in any case submitted to the High
Court under this rule, the High Court may make such order as in the circumstance appears to it to be
just and proper.

(4) A Court subordinate to a District Court shall comply with any requisition which the District
Court may make for any record or information for the purpose of this rule.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XLVI, Rule 7 (REFERENCE): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 180, 181, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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