1. Power to state case for Court’s opinion.
(1) Parties claiming to be interested in the decision of
any question of fact or law may enter into an agreement in writing stating such question in the form of a
case for the opinion of the Court, and providing that, upon the finding of the Court with respect to such
question,—
(a) a sum of money fixed by the parties or to be determined by the Court shall be paid by one of
the parties to the other of them; or
(b) some property, movable or immovable, specified in the agreement, shall be delivered by one
of the parties to the other of them; or
(c) one or more of the parties shall do, or refrain from doing, some other particular act specified
in the agreement.
(2) Every case stated under this rule shall be divided into consecutively numbered paragraphs, and
shall concisely state such facts and specify such documents as may be necessary to enable the Court to
decide the question raised thereby.
2. Where value of subject-matter must be stated.
Where the agreement is for the delivery of any
property, or for the doing, or the refraining from doing, any particular act, the estimated value of the
property to be delivered, or to which the act specified has reference, shall be stated in the agreement.
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3. Agreement to be filed and registered as suit.
(1) The agreement, if framed in accordance with
the rules hereinbefore contained, may be filed 1[with an application] in the Court which would have
jurisdiction to entertain a suit, the amount or value of the subject-matter of which is the same as the
amount or value of the subject-matter of the agreement.
(2) 2[The application] when so filed, shall be numbered and registered as a suit between one or more
of the parties claiming to be interested as plaintiff or plaintiffs, and the other or the others of them as
defendant or defendants; and notice shall be given to all the parties to the agreement, other than the party
or parties by whom 3[the application was presented.]
4. Parties to be subject to Court’s jurisdiction.
Where the agreement has been filed, the parties to
it shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Court and shall be bound by the statements contained therein.
5. Hearing and disposal of case.
(1) The case shall be set down for hearing as a suit instituted in the
ordinary manner, and the provisions of this Code shall apply to such suit so far as the same are applicable.
(2) Where the Court is satisfied, after examination of the parties, or after taking such evidence as it
thinks fit—
(a) that the agreement was duly executed by them,
(b) that they have a bona fide interest in question stated therein, and
(c) that the same is fit to be decided,
it shall proceed to pronounce judgment thereon, in the same way as in an ordinary suit, and upon the
judgment so pronounced a decree shall follow.
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[6. No appeal from a decree passed under rule 5.
No appeal shall lie from a decree passed under
rule 5.]