(1) A Court of Small Causes shall not take cognizance of the suits specified in the Schedule as suits excepted from the cognizance of a Court of Small Causes.
(2) Subject to the exceptions specified in the Schedule and to the provisions of any law for the time being in force, all suits of a civil nature of which the value does not exceed five hundred rupees shall be cognizable by a Court of Small Causes:
Provided that the State Government, in consultation with the High Court, may by notification, direct that all suits of which the value does not exceed1[twenty five thousand] rupees shall be cognizable by a Court of Small Causes mentioned in the notification.
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1. Substituted by Act 13 of 1989 w.e.f. 17.4.1989.