Order 2 — Place of Instituting and Trial of Suits
Rule 2 Suits relating to land and property distrained or seized
(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 distrained or seized for any cause, shall be commenced and determined in the Judicial Division in which the land is situated, or in which the distress or seizure took place.
Suits for recovery of penalties, forfeitures and against public officers
(2) 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.
Suits upon contract
(3) 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.
Other suits
(4)(a) All other suits may be commenced and determined in the Judicial Division in which the Defendant resides or carries on business, or in which the cause of action arose.
Action against several defendants
(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 the trial of the suit.
Rule 2 Transfer of suit commenced in wrong Judicial Division
If any suit is commenced in the wrong Judicial Division, it may be tried in that Division or transferred by the Judge to the proper Judicial Division on the application of the parties. Provided that an application for a different venue shall be made within 30 (thirty) days after service of the originating process.