Section 28

Power to invest Subordinate Judges with small cause powers.

The Bombay Civil Courts Act, 1869

  • Act 14 of 1869
  • Ministry of Law and Justice
  • Department of Justice
About this Act

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the District and Subordinate Civil Courts in the Presidency of Bombay.

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    The Governor of Bombay in Council may invest, within such local limits as he shall from time to time appoint, any Subordinate Judge of the first class with the jurisdiction of a Judge of a Court of Small Causes, for the trial of suits cognizable by such Courts up to the amount of five hundred rupees, and any Subordinate Judge of the second class with the same jurisdiction up to the amount of fifty rupees.
     The Governor of Bombay in Council may, whenever he thinks fit, withdraw such jurisdiction from any Subordinate Judge so invested.

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