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Section 15: Trial of sutt::. by Regtstrar

The Kerala Small Cause Courts Act, 1957 (President's Act No.8 of 1957)State Act of Kerala · Act 8 of 1957

(1) Suits cogmzable by the Registrar under section 10, sub-section!> (3) and ( 4), !>hall be tned by h1m, and decrees passed therem shall be executed by him, m hke manner mall respects as the .Judge m1ght try the smts and execute Lhe decrees, respectively.

(2) The Judge may transfer to his own file, or to that of the Additional Judge 1f an Additional Judge has been appointed, any suit or other proceedmg pending on the file of the Re(fis­ trar .

lf5 Admission, retttm and rejeehon of plaints by Regis­ trar- (1) When the Judge of a Court of Small Causes IS absent, and an Add1t10nal Judge has not been appointed or havmg been appointed, ts also absent, the Registrar may admit a plaint, or return or reJect a plamt for any reason for which the Judge might return or reject 1t (2 1 The Judge may, of hts own motlon or on the apphca tion of a party, return to reject a plamt whrch has been admitted by the Registrar or admtt a plamt which has been returned or reiected by htm:

Provided that where a party applies for the return or rejectwn or the adm1::.~ton of a plamt under this sub-sectiOn, and his application 1s not made at the first stttmg of the Judge after the day ou whtch the Registrar ad1mtted, or returned or rejected, the ,t)lamt, the Judge shall dismtss the application unless the apphcant satisfies h1m that there was sufficient cause for not makmg the application at that sitting.

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ActThe Kerala Small Cause Courts Act, 1957 (President's Act No.8 of 1957)
Section15
Marginal noteTrial of sutt::. by Regtstrar
JurisdictionState of Kerala
StatusIn force as published by the source

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