Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act,1887
Act No : 12
Section :
Power to invest Subordinate Judges and Munsifs with Small Cause courtjurisdiction.
5 25. Power to invest Subordinate Judges and Munsifs with Small Cause court jurisdiction. The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, confer, within such local limits as it thinks fit, upon any Subordinate Judge or Munsif the jurisdiction of a Judge of a Court ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Cl. (b) relating to proceedings under Act 40 of 1858 or Act 9 of 1861 was rep. by Act 8 of 1890, s. 2 and Sch. 2 Cl. (c) relating to applications for certificates under Act 27 of 1860 was rep. by Act 7 of 1889. 3 See now the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925). In Bengal and Assam, this cl. has been formally amended by Ben. Act 19 of 1935 and Assam Act 6 of 1935, respectively. 4 See now the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act 5 of 1908), Sch. III. This cl. has been omitted in Bengal by Ben. Act 19 of 1935 and formally amended in Assam by Assam Act 6 of 1935. 5 Ss 24 and 25 do not apply to Honorary Munsifs and Benches in the U. P. see the U. P. Honorary Munsifs Act, 1896 (U. P. 2 of 1896), s. 13. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 79 of Small Causes under the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 (9 of 1887) for the trial of suits, cognizable by such Courts, up to such value not exceeding five hundred1 rupees in the case of a Subord- inate Judge or 2[two hundred and fifty1 rupees] in the case of a Mun- sif as it thinks fit, and may withdraw any jurisdiction so conferred: 3[Provided that the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, delegate to the High Court its powers under this section.]
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