2. Extent and commencement of Part I.—This Part shall extend to such local areas, and
come into force therein on such dates as the 4
[State Government], by notification in the Official
Gazette, directs.5
3. Power for State Government to make rules determining value of land for
jurisdictional purposes.—(1) The State Government may 6*** 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.
4. 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.
5. Making and enforcement of rules.—(1) The State Government shall, before making rules under
section 3, consult the High Court with respect thereto.
(2) A rule under that section shall not take effect till the expiration of one month after
the rule has been published in the Official Gazette.
6. Repeal of section 14 of the Madras Civil Courts Act, 1873.—On and from the date
on which rules under section 3 take effect in any part of the territories under the
administration of the Governor of Fort Saint George in Council to which the Madras Civil
1. This Act has been amended in the Punjab by Punjab Acts 1 of 1938 and 13 of 1942, in U. P. by U. P. Act 7 of 1939,
in Maharashtra by Maharashtra Act 4 of 1960 and 9 of 1970 and in Himachal Pradesh by H.P. Act 30 of 1969.
The Act has been extended to the Union territory of Manipur from 1-1-1957 vide Act 68 of 1956, to the whole of
Madhya Pradesh by M.P. Act 23 of 1958 (when notified), to the transferred territory of Punjab by Punjab Act 43 of
1960, to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and the First Schedule (w.e.f. 1-7-1965), to the whole of
the Union territory of Lakshadweep by Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-10-1967) and to the Union
territory of Pondicherry by Act 26 of 1968, s. 3 and Sch.
The Act has been repealed in its application to Bellary District by Mysore Act 14 of 1955, to Andhra by Andhra Act 7 of
1956, to Bombay area and Coorg district of Mysore by Mysore Act 16 of 1958 and to Rajasthan by Rajasthan Act 3 of 1958.
2. Added by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956.
3. Extended to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and Fifth
Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
4. Subs. by the Adaption of Laws (No. 2) order, 1956, for “Government of a Part A State or a Part C State”.
5. Part I of the Act has, under s. 2, been declared to extend to the Punjab, and to come into force therein on the 1st day of
March, 1889, see Gazette of India, 1889, Pt. I, p. 107.
6. The words “subject to the control of the G. G. in C.” rep. by the A.O. 1937.
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Courts Act, 1873, (3 of 1873), extends, section 14 of that Act shall be repealed as regards
that part of those territories.