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Section 22: Costs when plaintiff sues in High Court in other cases cognizable by Small Cause Court.

The Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882Central Act · Act 15 of 1882

If any suit cognizable by the Small Cause Court other than a suit to which section 21 applies, is instituted in the High Court, and if in such suit the plaintiff obtains, in the case of a suit founded on contract, a decree for any matter of an amount or value less than [one thousand] rupees, and in the case of any other suit a decree for any matter of an amount or value of less than three hundred rupees, no costs shall be allowed to the plaintiff;

and if in any such suit the plaintiff does not obtain a decree, the defendant shall be entitled to his costs as between attorney and client.

The foregoing rules shall not apply to any suit in which the Judge who tries the same certifies that it was one fit to be brought in the High Court.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882
Section22
Marginal noteCosts when plaintiff sues in High Court in other cases cognizable by Small Cause Court.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted. . Subs. by s. 14, ibid., for "two thousand".

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