Courts and classes of suits to which the Order is to apply

¹, ² [1. Courts and classes of suits to which the Order is to apply.---(1) This Order shall apply to the following Courts, namely :---

(a) High Courts, City Civil Courts and Courts of Small Causes; and

(b) other Courts:

Provided that in respect of the Courts referred to in clause (b), the High Court may, by notification in the Official Gazette, restrict the operation of this Order only to such categories of suits as it deems proper, and may also, from time to time, as the circumstances of the case may require, by subsequent notification in the Official Gazette, further restrict, enlarge or vary, the categories of suits to be brought under the operation of this Order as it deems proper.

(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (1), the Order applies to the following classes of suits. namely:--

(a) suits upon bills of exchange, hundies and promissory notes :

(b) suits in which the plaintiff seeks only to recover a debt or liquidated demand in money payable by the defendant, with or without interest, arising,---

(i) on a written contract, or

(ii) on an enactment, where the sum sought to be recovered is a fixed sum of money or in the nature of a debt other than a penalty; or

(iii) on a guarantee, where the claim against the principal is in respect of a debt or liquidated demand only.]

1. The words "On Negotiable Instruments" omitted by s. 84, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

2. Subs. by s. 84, ibid., for rule 1 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).