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BALUCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE, 1980 BALUCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE, 1980 CHAPTER XVIII‑ DISPENSATION OF JUSTICE 103. Jurisdiction.‑(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law the cases and civil suits mentioned in the Third Schedule shall save as otherwise provided, be triable by an Adalat constituted under this Chapter. (2) For the purpose of deciding whether an offence falls within the jurisdiction of an Adalat the provisions of sections 177, 179 to 182 of the Criminal Procedure Code; 1898 shall apply. (3) A civil suit shall lie before an Adalat 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 Adalat, the suit may be instituted in any one of the Adalats within the local limits whose jurisdiction any portion of the land is situate.