(1) This Act may be called the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except1[the territories which, immediately before the 1stNovember 1956, were comprised in Part B States]; and
(3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1887.
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1. Substituted for "Part B States" by 2 A.L.O. 1956 w.e.f. 1-11-1956
Section 2 - [Repealed]
Rep. partly by the Amending Act, 1891 (12 of 1891), s.2 and Sch. I, and partly by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938), s.2 and Sch.
Section 3 - Savings
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect
(a) any proceedings before or after decree in any suit instituted before the commencement of this Act; or
(b) the jurisdiction of a Magistrate under any law for the time being in force with respect to debts or other claims of a civil nature, or of village-munsifs or village-panchyats, under the provisions of the Madras Code, or of village-munsifs under the Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Act, 1879 (17 of 1879); or
(c) any local law or any special law other than the Code of Civil Procedure (14 of 1882) [See now the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act 5 of 1908).]
Section 4 - Definition
In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context, "Court of Small Causes" means a Court of Small Causes constituted under this Act, and includes any person exercising jurisdiction under this Act in any such Court.