Act Number: 9

Act Name: The Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887

Year: 1887

Enactment Date: 1887-02-24

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Courts of Small Causes established beyond the Presidency-towns.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Justice

Section 5: Establishment of Courts of Small Causes.
    (1) The State Government 1*** may, by order in writing, establish a Court of Small Causes at any place within the territories under its administration beyond the local limits for the time being of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of a High Court of Judicature established in a Presidency-town.
     (2) The local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court of Small Causes shall be such as the State Government may define, and the Court may be held at such place or places within those limits as the State Government may appoint.2
Notes:
1. The words "with the previous sanction of the G. G. in C." rep. by Act 4 of 1914. s. 2 and the Schedule.
2. For notifications issued under cl. (2) of s. 5, see different local R. and O.

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