The Suits Valuation Act, 1887

THE SUITS VALUATION ACT, 1887

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THE SUITS VALUATION ACT, 1887 __________ ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS _________ SECTIONS 1. PAR T I SUITS RE LATI N G TO LAND 2. Power of State Government to make rules determining value of land for jurisdictional purposes. Valuation of relief in certain suits relating to land not to exceed the value of the land. Court-fee value and jurisdictional value to be the same in certain suits. Determination of value of certain suits by High Court.

THE SUITS VALUATION ACT, 1887

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Section 1 — Title

Section 2 — Extent and commencement of Part I

Section 4 — Valuation of relief in certain suits relating to land not to exceed the value of the land

Section 5 — Making and enforcement of rules

Section 6 — Repeal of section 14 of the Madras Civil Courts Act, 1873

THE SUITS VALUATION ACT, 1887 1 ACT NO. 7 OF 1887 [11th February, 1887.] An Act to prescribe the mode of valuing certain suits for the purpose of determining the jurisdiction of Courts with respect thereto. WHEREAS it is expedient to prescribe the mode of valuing certain suits for the purpose of determining the jurisdiction of Courts with respect thereto; It is hereby enacted as follows:— 2 3 1. Title.—This Act may be called the Suits Valuation Act, 1887 [and it extends to the whole of India except the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States.] PART I SUITS RELATING TO LAND 2. Power for State Government to make rules determining value of land for 6 jurisdictional purposes.—(1) The State Government may *** make rules for determining the value of land for purposes of jurisdiction in the suits mentioned in the Court -fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870), section 7, paragraphs v and vi, and paragraph x, clause (d). (2) The rules may determine the value of any class of land, or of any interest in land, in the whole or any part of a local area, and may prescribe different values for different places within the same local area. Valuation of relief in certain suits relating to land not to exceed the value of the land.—Where a suit mentioned in the Court -fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870), section 7, paragraph iv, or Schedule II, article 17, relates to land or an interest in land of whi ch the value has been determined by rules under the last foregoing section, the amount at which for purposes of jurisdiction the relief sought in the suit is valued shall not exceed the value of the land or interest as determined by those rules.

Courts Act, 1873, (3 of 1873), extends, section 14 of that Act shall be repealed as regards

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Section 7 — Extent and commencement of Part II

Section 8 — Court-fee value and jurisdictional value to be the same in cer tain suits

Section 9 — Determination of value of certain suits by High Court

Section 11 — Procedure where objection is taken on appeal or revision that a suit or appeal was not properly valued for jurisdictional purposes

Courts Act, 1873, (3 of 1873), extends, section 14 of that Act shall be repealed as regards that part of those territories. Extent and commencement of Part II.—This Part *** shall come into force on the first day of July, 1887. Court-fee value and jurisdictional value to be the same in cer tain suits.—Where in suits other than those referred to in the Co urt-fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870), section 7, paragraphs v, vi and ix, and paragraph x, clause (d), court-fees are payable ad valorem under the Court-fees Act, 1870, the value as determinable for the computation of court-fees and the value for purposes of jurisdiction shall be the same. Determination of value of certain suits by High Court. —When the subject-matter of suits of any class, other than suits mentioned in the Court-fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870), section 7, paragraphs v and vi, and paragraph x, clause (d), is such that in the opinion of the High Court it does not admit of being satisfactorily valued, the High Court may, with the previous sanction of the State Government, direct that suits of that class shall, for the purposes of the Court-fees Act, 1870, and of this Act and any other enactment for the time being in force, be treated as if their subject -matter were of such value as the High Court thinks fit to specify in this behalf. 32 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1884 (18 of 1884).] Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1891 (12 of 1891), s. The words "extends to the whole of India except Part B States and" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No.

(4) The provisions of this section with respect to an Appellate Court shall, so far as they can

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Section 12 — Proceedings pending at commencement of Part I or Part II

(4) The provisions of this section with respect to an Appellate Court shall, so far as they can 1 be made applicable, apply to a Court exercising revisional jurisdiction under section 622 of the Code of Civil Procedure (14 of 1882) or other enactment for the time being in force. 2 (5) This section *** shall come into force on the first day of July, 1887. Proceedings pending at commencement of Part I or Part II.—Nothing in Part I or Part II shall be construed to affect the jurisdiction of any Court— (a) with respect to any suit instituted before rules under Part I applicable to the valuation of the suit take effect, or Part II has come into force, as the case may be, or (b) with respect to any appeal arising out of any such suit. ___________ 1. 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act 5 of 1908). The words "extends to the whole of India except Part B States and" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No.