Section 6 Recovery of Premises Act 1945

Section 6 Recovery of Premises Act 1945 is about Jurisdiction in respect of rent other than in money. It provides as follows:

(1) Where the rent includes a part of a crop or a value given in kind or in labour or any amount which is not specified as of a precise monetary value proceedings under this Act may be brought in a magistrate’s court.

(2) If during the hearing it appears that the amount of the claim is a sum exceeding the rate of four hundred naira a year, the plaintiff may abandon the excess and proceed and thereupon the magistrate’s court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the action, so however that-

(a) subject to the provisions of any law limiting the jurisdiction of the magistrate hearing the action, the plaintiff shall not recover in the action a sum greater than four hundred naira; and

(b) the judgment of the court shall be in full discharge of all demands in respect of the particular cause of action.

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