20. Procedure before Payam Court:(1) A suit shall initially be instituted in the competent Payam Court and if the plaint is presented to a County Judge he shall refer it to the appropriate Payam Court. (2) If it appears to a Payam Court that it has not jurisdiction, it shall refer the suit to the County Court under whose jurisdiction it falls. CHAPTER 4. LOCAL JURISDICTION 21. Courts in which Suits be Instituted:Every suit shall ordinarily be instituted in the Court of the lowest grade competent to try it. 22. Suits Relating to Immovable Property:Suits relating to immovable property shall be instituted before the Court within whose jurisdiction the immovable property or a portion thereof is situate. 23. Suits for Compensation:Where a suit is for compensation for wrong done to a person or to movable property, it shall be instituted before the Court within whose jurisdiction the wrong was done or before the court within whose jurisdiction the defendant resides or carries on business. 24. Other Suits:(1) without prejudice to the provisions of section 21, any of the following shall have jurisdiction:(a) the Court within whose jurisdiction the cause of action arises wholly or in part; (b) the Court within whose jurisdiction the defendant at the time of the commencement of the suit resides or carries on business; (c) the Court within whose jurisdiction any of the defendants at the commencement of the suit resides or carries on business if the Court so permits. (2) The place of residence of a company, society or corporation shall be deemed to be the place where it carries on business or place where it has its head office or one of its branches. (3) In suits arising out of contracts, a cause of action arises within the meaning of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above at any of the following places, namely:(a) the place where the contract was made; (b) the place where the contract was to be wholly or partly performed or executed; 5

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