10A. Power of court to fix a date of appearance in the court where plaint is to be filed after its return.- (1) Where, in any suit, after the defendant has appeared, the court is of opinion that the plaint should be returned, it shall, before doing so, intimate its decision to the plaintiff.
(2) Where an intimation is given to the plaintiff under sub-rule (1), the plaintiff may make an application to the court—
(a) specifying the court in which he proposes to present the plaint after its return, (b) praying that the court may fix a date for the appearance of the parties in the said court, and (c) requesting that the notice of the date so fixed may be given to him and to the defendant. (3) Where an application is made by the plaintiff under sub-rule (2), the court shall, before returning the plaint and notwithstanding that the Order for return of plaint was made by it on the ground that it has not jurisdiction to try the Suit,— (a) fix a date for the appearance of the parties in the court in which the plaint is proposed to be presented, and (b) give to the plaintiff and to the defendant notice of such date for appearance.
(4) Where the notice of the date for appearance is given under sub-rule (3),— (a) it shall not be necessary for the court in which the plaint is presented after its return, to serve the defendant with the summons for appearance in the suit, unless that court, for reasons to be recorded, otherwise directs, and (b) the said notice shall be deemed to be a summons for the appearance of the defendant in the court in which the plaint is presented on the date for fixed by the court by which the plaint was returned. (5) Where the application made by the plaintiff under sub-rule (2) is allowed by the court, the plaintiff shall not be entitled to appeal against the Order returning the plaint.
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