Presidency Small Cause Courts Act : Court may by consent try suits beyond pecuniary limits

Presidency Small Cause Courts Act,1882

Act No : 15

Section : Court may by consent try suits beyond pecuniary limits ofjurisdiction.

20.Court may by consent try suits beyond pecuniary limits of Jurisdiction. When the parties to a suit, which, if the amount or value of the subject-matter thereof did not exceed two thousand rupees, would be cognizable by the Small Cause Court, have entered into an agreement2 in writing that the Small Cause Court shall have jurisdiction to try such suit, the Court shall have jurisdiction to try the same, although the amount or value of the subject-matter thereof may exceed two thousand rupees. Every such agreement shall be filed in the Small Cause Court, and, when so filed, the parties to it shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Court, and shall be bound by its decision in such suit.