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ORDINANCE IX OF 1979 ORDINANCE IX OF 1979 BALUCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE, 1979 CHAPTER XX‑ PANCHAYATS 177. Jurisdiction.‑(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law the cases mentioned in the Third Schedule shall, save as otherwise provided, be exclusively triable by a Panchayat. (2) For the purpose of deciding whether an offence falls within the jurisdiction of a Panchayat, the provisions of sections 177, 179 to 182 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, shall apply. (3) A Civil suit shall lie before a Panchayat within the limits of whose jurisdiction the cause of action has arisen wholly or in part, or within the limits of whose jurisdiction the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business or personally works for gain or has within one year of the institution of the suit resided or carried on business or personally worked for gain. . (4) Where the land in dispute falls within the jurisdiction of more than one Panchayat, the suit may be instituted in any one of the Panchayats within the local limits of whose jurisdiction away portion of the land is situate.