State Act

THE UNITED PROVINCES PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 1947

This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2016), s.194(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

[85- (1) On the application of any of the parties and after notice to the parties and after hearing such of them as desire to be heard or on his motion without such notice [the Judicial Magistrate or the Munsif]2 according as the case pending before a Nyaya Panehayat is a [criminal or civil case]3 may at any stage, withdraw the same and- (i) try to dispose of the same, or (ii) transfer it to another Bench of the Nyaya Panehayat, (iii) transfer the same for trial or disposal to any other [Magistrate or Munsif]4 competent to try or dispose of the case. [(2) Where any criminal or civil case has been withdrawn under sub-section (1), the court which thereafter tries it may either retry it or proceed from the stage at which it was withdrawn.]5 (3) If any application under sub-section (1) is either frivolous or vexatious the applicant may be fined up to fifty rupees by [the Judicial Magistrate or Munsif]6 as the case may be.]1