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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Preliminary: Sections 1 To 8

Section 4 CPC: Savings

Bare Act text

4. Savings.—(1) In the absence of any specific provision to the contrary, nothing in this Code shall be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any special or local law now in force or any special jurisdiction or power conferred, or any special form of procedure prescribed, by or under any other law for the time being in force.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the proposition contained in sub-section (1), nothing in this Code shall be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any remedy which a landholder or landlord may have under any law for the time being in force for the recovery of rent of agricultural land from the produce of such land.

Text of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. 5 of 1908), as amended, including the changes for commercial disputes made by the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. Source: India Code, Government of India.

In simple words

Unless a specific provision says otherwise, the Code does not limit or affect any special or local law, any special jurisdiction or power, or any special form of procedure prescribed by another law. In particular, it does not affect any remedy a landholder or landlord has under any law for recovering rent of agricultural land from the produce of that land. Special laws therefore continue to operate alongside the Code.

Preliminary: Sections 1 To 8

  1. 1 Short title, commencement and extent
  2. 2 Definitions
  3. 3 Subordination of Courts
  4. 4 Savings
  5. 5 Application of the Code to Revenue Courts
  6. 6 Pecuniary jurisdiction
  7. 7 Provincial Small Cause Courts
  8. 8 Presidency Small Cause Courts
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