CPC Section 5 — Application of the Code to Revenue Courts

Civil

Summary

Revenue Courts are courts that handle cases about rent, revenue, or profits from agricultural land. If these courts follow the Code of Civil Procedure for procedures that are not covered by any special law that applies to them, the State Government can issue a public notice to say that some parts of the Code will not apply to those courts, or will apply only with changes the government decides. A Revenue Court does not include a regular Civil Court that has the power to hear such cases as civil matters.

Official Text

(1) Where any Revenue Courts are governed by the provisions of this Code in those matters of procedure upon which any special enactment applicable to them is silent, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that any portions of those provisions which are not expressly made applicable by this Code shall not apply to those Courts, or shall only apply to them with such modifications as the State Government may prescribe.

(2) "Revenue Court" in sub-section (1) means a Court having jurisdiction under any local law to entertain suits or other proceedings relating to the rent, revenue or profits of land used for agricultural purposes, but does not include a Civil Court having original jurisdiction under this Code to try such suits or proceedings as being suits or proceedings of a civil nature.