State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH REGULATION OF MONEY-LENDING ACT, 1976

19- Notwithstanding anything contained in any contract or any law for the time being in force, a suit by a money-lender for the recovery of any loan advanced to a person actually or voluntarily residing or carrying on business or personally working for gain in Uttar Pradesh or interest due in respect thereof may, after the commencement of this Act, be instituted only in a court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the debtor so resides or carries on business or works for gain, and not in any other court : Provided that in the case of co-debtors, the suit may be instituted in a court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction any of ht eco-debtors so resided or carries on business or works of gain.