## CPC 22

### CPC 22 — Power to transfer suits which may be instituted in more than one Court
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/cpc/22

> 22. Power to transfer suits which may be instituted in more than one Court.-Where a suit may
be instituted in any one of two or more Courts and is instituted in one of such Courts, any defendant, after
notice to the other parties, may, at the earliest possible opportunity and in all cases where issues are
settled at or before such settlement, apply to have the suit transferred to another Court, and the Court to
which such application is made, after considering the objections of the other parties (if any), shall
determine in which of the several Courts having jurisdiction the suit shall proceed.

1. Explanation 1 omitted by Act 104 of 1976, s. 7 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
2. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for "Explanation II" (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
3. Subs. by Act 2 of 1951, s. 3, for "the States" (w.e.f. 1-4-1951).
4. S. 21 renumbered as sub-section (1) by Act 104 of 1976, s. 8 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
5. Ins. by s. 8, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
6. Ins. by s. 9, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
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