Family Courts Act, 1984
8. Exclusion of jurisdiction and pending
proceedings
Where a Family Court has been established for
any area,-
(a) no district court or any subordinate civil
court referred to in sub-section (1) of section 7 shall, in relation to such
area, have or exercise any jurisdiction in respect of any suit or proceeding of
the nature referred to in the explanation to that sub-section;
(b) no magistrate shall, in relation to such
area, have or exercise any jurisdiction or power under Chapter IX of the Code
of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974);
(c) every suit or proceeding of the nature
referred to in the explanation to sub-section (1) of section 7 and every
proceeding under Chapter IX of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of
1974),-
(i) which is pending
immediately before the establishment of such Family Court before any district
court or subordinate court referred to in that sub-section or, as the case may
be, before any Magistrate under the said Code; and
(ii) which would have
been required to be instituted or taken before or by such Family Court if,
before the date on which such suit or proceeding was instituted or taken, this
Act had come into force and such Family Court had been established, shall stand
transferred to such Family Court on the date on which it is established.