Order 2 — PLACE OF INSTITUTING AND TRIAL OF SUITS

Subject to the provisions of the law on transfer of suits, the place for trial of any suit shall be regulated as follows:

(1) All suits relating to land or any mortgage or charge on land or any interest in land, or any inquiry or damage to land and actions relating to personal property detained or seized for any cause, shall be commenced and determined in the Judicial Division in which the land is situated, or the detention or seizure took place.

All actions for recovery of penalties, forfeitures, and all actions against public officers shall be commenced and tried in the Judicial Division in which the cause of action arose.

All suits for the specific performance, or upon the breach of any contract, may be commenced and determined in the Judicial Division in which such contract ought to have been performed or in which the defendant resides or carries on business.

(a) All other suits may be commenced and determined in the Judicial Division in which the defendant resides or carries on business.

(b) Where there are several defendants who reside or carry on business in different Judicial Divisions, the suit may be commenced in any one of those Judicial Divisions subject to any order or direction a Judge may make or give as to the most convenient arrangement for trial of the suit.

If any suit is commenced in the wrong Judicial Division, it may be tried in that Division unless the Chief Judge otherwise directs.