Section 96:
Appeal from original decree.
(1) Save where otherwise expressly provided in the body of this
Code or by any other law for the time being in force, an appeal shall lie from every decree passed by any
Court exercising original jurisdiction to the Court authorized to hear appeals from the decisions of such
Court.
(2) An appeal may lie from an original decree passed ex parte.
(3) No appeal shall lie from a decree passed by the Court with the consent of parties.
1[(4) No appeal shall lie, except on a question of law, from a decree in any suit of the nature
cognizable by Courts of Small Causes, when the amount or value of the subject-matter of the original suit
does not exceed 2
[ten thousand rupees.]]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 33 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
2. Subs. by Act 46 of 1999, s. 9, for "three thousand rupees". (w.e.f. 1-7-2002).