Settled Land Act (Increase in Jurisdiction of Resident Magistrates) Order, 2013.
This Order amends the Settled Land Act in section 54(8) so as to amend the monetary jurisdictional level of Resident Magistrates Courts. Section 54 defines jurisdiction that may be exercised by any Resident Magistrate’s Court. Such jurisdiction is limited by a maximum amount of the value of land, capital money or personal chattels to be dealt with in the Court.
Amends: Settled Land Act. (1997)