#THE SUITS VALUATION ACT, 1887 
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS  
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SECTIONS 

1.  Title. 

##PART I 

###SUITS RELATING  TO LAND 

2. Extent and commencement of Part I. 
3. Power of State Government to make rules determining value of land for jurisdictional purposes. 
4. Valuation of relief in certain suits relating to land not to exceed the value of the land. 
5. Making and enforcement of rules. 
6. Repeal of section 14 of the Madras Civil Courts Act, 1873. 

##PART II 

###OTHER SUITS 

7. Extent and commencement of Part II. 
8. Court-fee value and jurisdictional value to be the same in certain suits. 
9. Determination of value of certain suits by High Court. 
10. [Repealed.]. 

##PART III 

###SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS 

11. Procedure where objection is taken on appeal or revision that a suit or appeal was not properly 
valued for jurisdictional purposes. 
12. Proceedings pending at commencement of Part I or Part II. 

 
 
#THE SUITS VALUATION ACT, 1887 

##ACT NO. 7 OF 1887
[^1]

[11th February, 1887.] 

An Act  to  prescribe  the  mode  of  valuing  certain  suits  for  the  purpose  of 
determining the jurisdiction of Courts with respect thereto. 

  WHEREAS it is expedient to prescribe the mode of valuing certain suits for the purpose of determining 
the jurisdiction of Courts with respect thereto; It is hereby enacted as follows:— 

1. **Title.**—This Act may  be called the Suits Valuation Act, 1887 and it extends to the 
whole  of  India  except  the  territories  which,  immediately  before  the  1st  November,  1956, 
were comprised in Part B States.

##PART I 

###SUITS RELATING TO LAND 

2. **Extent and commencement of Part 1.**—This  Part  shall  extend  to  such  local  areas,  and 
come into force therein on such dates as the State Government, by notification in the Official 
Gazette directs.

3. **Power for State Government to make rules determining value of land for 
jurisdictional purposes.**—(1)  The  State  Government  may make  rules  for  determining 
the  value  of  land  for  purposes  of  jurisdiction  in  the  suits  mentioned  in  the  Court -fees  Act, 
1870 (7 of 1870), section 7, paragraphs v and vi, and paragraph x, clause (d). 

(2) The rules may determine the value of any class of land, or of any interest in land, in the 
whole or any part of a local area, and may prescribe different values for different places within 
the same local area. 

4. **Valuation  of  relief  in  certain  suits  relating  to  land  not  to  exceed  the  value  of  the 
land.**—Where a suit mentioned in the Court -fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870), section 7, paragraph 
iv,  or  Schedule  II,  article  17,  relates  to  land  or  an  interest  in  land  of  which  the  value  has 
been determined by rules under the last foregoing section, the amount at which for purposes 
of jurisdiction the relief sought in the suit is valued shall not exceed the value of the land or 
interest as determined by those rules. 

5. **Making and enforcement of rules.**—(1) The State Government shall, before making rules under 
section 3, consult the High Court with respect thereto. 

(2) A rule under that section shall not take effect till the expiration of one  month after 
the rule has been published in the Official Gaz ette. 

6. **Repeal of section 14 of the Madras Civil Courts Act, 1873.** —On  and  from  the  date 
on  which  rules  under  section  3  take  effect  in  any  part  of  the  territories  under  the 
administration  of  the  Governor  of  Fort  Saint  George  in  Council  to  which  the  Madras  Civil 

[^1]. This Act has been amended in the Punjab by Punjab Acts 1 of 1938 and 13 of 1942, in U. P. by U. P. Act 7 of 1939, 
in Maharashtra by Maharashtra Act 4 of 1960 and 9 of 1970 and in Himachal Pradesh by H.P. Act 30 of 1969. 
The Act has been extended to the Union territory of Manipur from 1-1-1957 vide  Act 68 of 1956, to the whole of 
Madhya Pradesh by M.P. Act 23 of 1958 (when notified), to the transferred territory of Punjab by Punjab Act 43 of 
1960, to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and  the First Schedule (w.e.f. 1-7-1965), to the whole of 
the Union territory of Lakshadweep by Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-10-1967) and to the Union 
territory of Pondicherry by Act 26 of 1968, s. 3 and Sch. 
The Act has been repealed in its application to Bellary District by Mysore Act 14 of 1955, to Andhra by Andhra Act 7 of 
1956, to Bombay area and Coorg district of Mysore by Mysore Act 16 of 1958 and to Rajasthan by Rajasthan Act 3 of 1958. 

 

Courts  Act  1873),  (3  of  1873),  extends,  section  14  of  that  Act  shall  be  repealed  as  regards 
that part of those territories. 

##PART II 

###OTHER SUITS 

7. **Extent and commencement of Part II.**—This Part shall come into force on the first day of 
July, 1887. 

8. **Court-fee value and jurisdictional value to be the same in certain suits.**—Where in 
suits  other  than  those  referred to in the Court-fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870), section 7, 
paragraphs v, vi and ix, and paragraph x, clause (d), court-fees are payable ad valorem under 
the  Court-fees  Act,  1870,  the  value  as  determinable  for  the  computation  of  court -fees  and 
the value for purposes of jurisdiction shall be the same. 

9. **Determination of value of certain suits by High Court.** —When the subject-matter of 
suits of any class, other than suits mentioned in the Court -fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870), section 
7,  paragraphs  v  and  vi,  and  paragraph  x,  clause  (d),  is  such  that  in  the  opinion  of  the  High 
Court it does not admit of being satisfactorily valued, the High Court ma y, with the previous 
sanction of the State Government, direct that suits of that class shall, for the purposes of .the 
Court-fees Act, 1870, and of this Act and any other enactment for the time being in force, be 
treated as if their subject-matter were of such value as the High Court thinks fit to specify in 
this behalf. 

10. *[Repeal of s. 32 of the Punjab Courts Act,  1884 (18 of 1884).] Rep. by the Repealing 
and Amending Act, 1891 (12 of 1891), s. 2 and the First Schedule.*

##PART III 

###SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS 

11. **Procedure where objection is taken on appeal or revision that a suit or appeal was 
not properly valued for jurisdictional purposes.** —(1) Notwithstanding anything in [^2]section 
578 of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  (14  of  1882),  an  objection  that  by  reason  of  the  over-
valuation  or  under-valuation  of  a  suit  or  appeal  a  Court  of  first  instance  or  lower  Appellate 
Court which had not jurisdiction with respect to the suit or appeal exercised jurisdiction with 
respect thereto shall not be entertained by an Appellate  Court unless— 

  (a) the  objection  was  taken  in  the  Court  of  first  instance  at  or  before  the 
hearing  at  which  issues  were  first  framed  and  recorded,  or  in  the  lower  Appellate 
Court in the memorandum of  appeal to that Court, or 

  (b) the  Appellate  Court  is  satisfied,  for  reasons  to  be  recorded  by  it  in  writing,  that 
the  suit  or  appeal  was  over -valued  or  under-valued,  an  that  the  over-valuation  or  under-
valuation  thereof  has  prejudicially  affected  the  disposal  of  the  suit  or  appeal  on  its 
merits. 

(2) If  the  objection  was  taken  in  the  manner  mentioned  in  clause  ( a)  of  sub-section  (1), 
but the Appellate Court is not satisfied as to both the matters mentioned in clause ( b) of that 
sub-section  and  has  before  it  the  materials  necessary  for  the  determination  of  the  other 
grounds of appeal to itself, it shall dispose of the appeal as if there had been no defect of jurisdiction in 
the Court of first instance or lower Appellate Court. 

(3) If  the  objection  was  taken  in  that  manner  and  the  Appellate  Court  is  satisfied  as  to  both 
those  matters  and  has  not  those  materials  before  it,  it  shall  proceed  to  deal  with  the  appeal  under 
the rules applicable to the Court with respect to the hearing of appeals; but if it remands the suit or 
appeal,  or  frames  and  refers  issues  for  trial,  or  requires  additional  evidence  to  be  taken,  it  shall 
direct its order to a Court competent to entertain the suit or appeal. 

(4) The provisions of this section with respect to an Appellate Court shall, so far as they can 
be  made  applicable,  apply  to  a  Court  exercising  revisional  jurisdiction  under [^2]section 622 of  the 
Code of Civil Procedure (14 of 1882) or other enactment for the time being in force. 

(5) This section shall come into force on the first day of July, 1887. 

12. **Proceedings pending at commencement of Part I or Part II.**—Nothing in Part I or Part II shall 
be construed to affect the jurisdiction of any Court— 

  (a) with  respect  to  any  suit  instituted  before  rules  under  Part  I  applicable  to  the 
valuation of the suit take effect, or Part II has come into force, as the case may be, or 

  (b) with respect to any appeal arising out of any such suit. 



[^2]. See now s. 99 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act 5 of 1908). 