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Save as provided in sections 24 , 38 to 41 , 75 , clauses (a), (b) and (c), 76 ,1[ 77 , 157 and 158 ], and by the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882 ( 15 of 1882 ), the provisions in the body of this Code shall not extend to any suit or proceeding in any Court of Small Causes established in the towns of Calcutta, Madras and B ombay:
2[Provided that--
( 1 ) the High Courts of Judicature at Fort William, Madras and B ombay, as the case may be, may from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette,3direct that any such provisions not inconsistent with the express provisions of the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882 ( 15 of 1882 ), and with such modifications and adaptations as may be specified in the notification, shall extend to suits or proceedings or any class of suits or proceedings in such Court;
( 2 ) all rules heretofore made by any of the said High Courts under section 9 of the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882 ( 15 of 1882 ), shall be deemed to have been validly made.]
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1. Substituted by Act 104 of 1976, section 4, for "77 and 155 to 158" (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
2. Added by Act 1 of 1914, section 2.
3. For instance of such direction, see Calcutta Gazette, 1910, Pt. I, p. 814.