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                      [KARNATAKA ACT]1 No. 21 OF 1964
    (First published in the 1[Karnataka Gazette]1 on the Ninth day of April, 1964.)
               THE 1[KARNATAKA]1 CIVIL COURTS ACT, 1964.
   (Received the assent of the President on the Twenty-eighth day of March, 1964.)
   (As amended by Karnataka Acts 11 of 1965, 81 of 1976, 8 of 1978, 28 of 1978,
       13 of 1980, 11 of 1981, 26 of 1985, 13 of 1989, 3 of 1994, 16 of 1996,
                       26 of 2007, 21 of 2009 and 30 of 2015)
  An Act to provide for a uniform law relating to the constitution,
powers and jurisdiction of the Civil Courts in the 1[State of
Karnataka]1 subordinate to the 1[High Court of Karnataka]1.
  WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for a uniform law relating to the
constitution, powers and jurisdiction of the Civil Courts in the 1[State of
Karnataka]1 subordinate to the 1[High Court of Karnataka]1;
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  BE it enacted by the 1[Karnataka State]1 Legislature in the Fourteenth
Year of the Republic of India as follows:—                  od
   1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 01.11.1973.
                                 CHAPTER I
                                PRELIMINARY
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   1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called
the 1[Karnataka]1 Civil Courts Act, 1964. In
   1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 01.11.1973.
  (2) It extends to the 1[whole of State of Karnataka except the City of
Bangalore.]1
   1.    Substituted by Act 13 of 1980 w.e.f. 17.11.1980 by notification. Text of notification is
         at the end of the Act.
  (3) It shall come into force on such 1[date]1 as the State Government
may, by notification, appoint.
   1. The Act come into force w.e.f. 1.7.1964 by notification. Text of the notification is at the
end of the Act.
  2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
  (a) “appointed day” means the date notified under sub-section (3) of
section 1;
  1[(aa) "City of Bangalore" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the
Bangalore City Civil Court Act, 1979;]1
         1. Inserted by Act 13 of 1980 w.e.f. 17.11.1980.
   (b) “Civil Court” means a District Court, 1[Court of a Senior Civil Judge]1
or a 1[Court of a Civil Judge]1;
         1. Substituted by Act 16 of 1996 w.e.f. 21.9.1996 and again Substituted by Act 21 of
            2009 w.e.f. 28.8.2009.