Section 9: Enforcement of decree

9. Enforcement of decree.—(1) Where a Conciliation Court decides to award compensation to a person or to order the delivery of property, it shall pass a decree in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed, and shall enter the particulars thereof in the prescribed register. 1Subs. ibid s. 7, for “two hundred and fifty”. 2Subs. ibid., for “five hundred”. 3Sub-section (1) omitted by the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (12 of 1972), s. 2 and Sch., 4Subs. ibid., for certain words. (2) If any money is paid or any property is delivered in the presence of the Conciliation Court in satisfaction of the decree, it shall enter the fact of payment or delivery, as the case may be, in the aforesaid register. (3) Where a decree relates to payment of compensation and the decretal amount is not paid within the prescribed time, the same shall, if the Chairman of the Conciliation Court so directs, be recovered as arrears of land revenue, and, on recovery, shall be paid to the decree holder. (4) Where the satisfaction of a decree can be had otherwise than by payment of compansation, the decree may be presented for execution to such civil Court as the District Judge may, by special or general order, direct, and such court shall thereupon proceed to execute the decree as if it were a decree passed by itself. (5) A Conciliation Court may, if it thinks fit, direct that the amount of compensation be paid in such instalments as it may fix.

Effective date: 1961-01-01

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