THE KERALA CIVIL COURTS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2012

[ACT 26 OF 2013]

(Published in Kerala Gazette Extra No. 1268 dt. 6.5.2013)

Notification No. 7262/Leg.El/2012/Law.

Dated 6.5.2013.

A Act further to amend the Kerala Civil Courts Act, 1957.

Preamble.—WHEREAS, it is expedient further to amend the Kerala Civil Courts Act, 1957 for the purposes hereinafter appearing ;

BE it enacted in the Sixty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2013.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. Amendment of section 11.—In sub-section (2) of section 11 of the Kerala Civil Courts Act, 1957 (1 of 1957) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for the words “one lakh rupees”, the words “ten lakh rupees” shall be substituted.

3. Amendment of section 13.—In sub-section (1) of section 13 of the principal Act, for the words “two lakh rupees”, the words “twenty lakh rupees” shall be substituted.

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