Section 9: Courts to try all civil suits unless barred

The Courts shall (subject to the provisions herein contained) have jurisdiction to try all suits of a civil nature excepting suits of which their cognizance is either expressly or impliedly barred. Explanation. A suit in which the right to property or to an office is contested is a suit of a civil nature, notwithstanding that such right may depend entirely on the decision of questions as to religious rites or ceremonies.

Effective date: 1909-01-01

Amendment history

• v2 · 1909-01-01 — Version seed CPC unit to official Pakistan Code verbatim text (chapter, chapter_title, keywords, part, part_title, text)

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