Text of CPC Section 16

16. Suits to be instituted where subject-matter situate.
Subject to the pecuniary or other limitations prescribed by any law, suits–

(a) for the recovery of immoveable property with or without rent or profits,
(b) for the partition of immoveable property,
(c) for foreclosure, sale or redemption in the case of a mortgage of or charge upon immoveable property,
(d) for the determination of any other right to or interest in immoveable property,
(e) for compensation for wrong to immoveable property,
(f) for the recovery of moveable property actually under distraint or attachment,

shall be instituted in the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the property is situate [, or, in the case of suits referred to in clause (c), at the place where the cause of action has wholly or partly arisen]:

Provided that a suit to obtain relief respecting, or compensation for wrong to, immoveable property held by or on behalf of the defendant may, where the relief sought can be entirely obtained through his personal obedience, be instituted either in the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the property is situate [, or, in the case of suits referred to in clause (c), at the place where the cause of action has wholly or partly arisen], or in the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the defendant actually and voluntarily resides, or carries on business, or personally works for gain.

Explanation. – In this section, "property" means property situate in [Pakistan].