State Act

The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Civil Courts and Miscellaneous Provisions, 1963

13. (1) Any proceedings of a civil nature pending in a court immediately before the commencement of this Regulation shall, on such commencement, be deemed to be transferred to the court exercising jurisdiction under this Regulation or the High Court in which the proceedings would have lain if it had been instituted after such commencement, and the court to which the proceedings is transferred or the High Court shall proceed to try, hear and determine the matter as if it had been pending therein. (2) Any appeal from a decree or order passed by a court and not appealed against before the commencement of this Regulation shall lie to the court exercising jurisdiction under this Regulation or the High Court to which such appeal would have lain if it had been preferred after such commencement. (3) Any decree or order passed before the commencement of this Regulation by any court shall be deemed for the purpose of execution to have been passed by the court exercising jurisdiction under this Regulation which corresponds, so far as may be, to the jurisdiction of the court which passed the decree or order or, as the case may be, by the High Court: Provided that nothing in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall be construed as extending the period of limitation to which any suit or appeal or application may be subject.