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Section 31
The Jammu and Kashmir State Evacuees’ (Administration of Property) Act, 2006 (1949 A. D.)Jammu and Kashmir

Section 31. Jurisdiction of Civil Courts barred in certain matters

Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, no Civil Court shall have jurisdiction—

(i) to entertain or adjudicate upon any question whether any property is or is not evacuee property or whether an evacuee has or has not any right or interest in any evacuee property ; or

1[(ii) to question the legality of any action taken by the Custodian General or the Custodian under this Act ;]

(iii) in respect of any matter which the 2[Custodian General or the Custodian] is empowered by or under this Act to determine.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.