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Act No. 190 Section 515

Procedure in mandamus.

Section 515

SEC. 515. Procedure in mandamus. — The Supreme Court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the Courts of First Instance in all cases where an inferior tribunal, corporation, board, or person unlawfully neglects the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office of trust or station, or unlawfully excludes the plaintiff from the use and enjoyment of a right or office to which he is entitled, and from which he is unlawfully excluded by such inferior tribunal, corporation, board, or person, and also shall have original jurisdiction over Courts of First Instance and judges thereof wherever said court of judge unlawfully neglects the performance of a duty which the law specifically or specially enjoins as a duty imposed upon such court or judge. The procedure of the Supreme Court in mandamus proceedings shall be the same as those provided for mandate in sections two hundred and twenty-two, two hundred and twenty-three, two hundred twenty-four, and two hundred twenty-five of this Code.

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CitationAct No. 190 Section 515 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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