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Punjab Local Laws practice sets

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• Punjab Local Laws Practice Set 130 questions · Punjab Judicial Service (PCS-J)Free
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Sample Punjab Local Laws questions

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1. Question 1 · Punjab Local Laws Practice Set 1

   Under Section 3 of Part II of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918, an "unclassed suit" means:

   1. A. a suit which is neither a small cause nor a land-suit
   2. B. a suit relating to land that is not assessed to land revenue
   3. C. a suit in which the plaint does not state any value
   4. D. a suit pending in a court that has no class assigned
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   A. a suit which is neither a small cause nor a land-suit

   Section 3 of Part II defines a "small cause" by reference to the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887, a "land-suit" as a suit relating to land as defined in Section 4(1) of the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, and an "unclassed suit" as a suit which is neither a small cause nor a land-suit.

2. Question 2 · Punjab Local Laws Practice Set 1

   Under Section 33 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918, the District Judge has control over all the Civil Courts under Part II within the local limits of his jurisdiction, subject to:

   1. A. the administrative directions of the State Home Department
   2. B. the general superintendence and control of the High Court
   3. C. the general control of the Legal Remembrancer of the State
   4. D. the supervision of the Divisional Commissioner of the division
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   B. the general superintendence and control of the High Court

   Section 33 provides that, subject to the general superintendence and control of the High Court, the District Judge shall have control over all the Civil Courts under that Part within the local limits of his jurisdiction.

3. Question 3 · Punjab Local Laws Practice Set 1

   Except as otherwise provided by any enactment for the time being in force, Section 25 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918 gives the Court of the District Judge jurisdiction in original civil suits:

   1. A. up to such value as the State Government may notify from time to time
   2. B. without any limit as regards the value of the suit
   3. C. only in suits transferred to it by the High Court by a special order
   4. D. only in suits whose value exceeds the limit fixed for Subordinate Judges
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   B. without any limit as regards the value of the suit

   Section 25 provides that, save as otherwise provided by any enactment, the Court of the District Judge has jurisdiction in original civil suits without limit as regards the value. No ceiling is fixed by the State Government.

4. Question 4 · Punjab Local Laws Practice Set 1

   Consider the following statements about Subordinate Judges under Section 22 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918: 1. The State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, fix the number of Subordinate Judges to be appointed. 2. The High Court may confer on any Judicial Magistrate the powers of such class of Subordinate Judges as it deems fit. 3. A Judicial Magistrate on whom such powers are conferred may exercise them anywhere in the State. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

   1. A. 2 and 3 only
   2. B. 1 and 2 only
   3. C. 1 only
   4. D. 1, 2 and 3
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   B. 1 and 2 only

   Section 22(1) lets the State Government fix the number of Subordinate Judges after consulting the High Court. Under Section 22(2), added by Punjab Act 25 of 1964, the High Court may confer such powers on a Judicial Magistrate, but they are exercisable only within such local area as the High Court may define, so statement 3 is wrong.

5. Question 5 · Punjab Local Laws Practice Set 1

   When the High Court posts a Subordinate Judge to a district and gives no direction to the contrary, Section 27(2) of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918 provides that the local limits of his jurisdiction are:

   1. A. the limits of the tahsil in which his court is located
   2. B. the local limits of that district
   3. C. the municipal limits of the district headquarters town
   4. D. such limits as the District Judge later defines by order
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   B. the local limits of that district

   Under Section 27(1) the High Court defines the local limits of a Subordinate Judge's jurisdiction; under Section 27(2), when it posts him to a district without any contrary direction, the local limits of the district are deemed to be his local limits.