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1 [21. Vacation
(1)The Courts of Small Causes in the State or in any area of the State, shall beclosed on such days as may be notified by the State Government as publicholidays, for the whole State or for any area in the State.
(2)The Courts of Small Causes shall have three vacations in each year, summer,dasara and winter and the total number of days of the said three vacationstogether shall not exceed 2 [sixty days] and the High Court shall fixthe period of each vacation.
(3)Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act,-
(a) the High Courtmay, where there are more than one Judge in any Court of Small Causes,designate by notification, any one or more of those Judges as Vacation Judge orJudges for the duration of the adjournment of such Court of Small Causes duringany vacation, or part thereof;
(b) Where there isonly one Judge in any Court of Small Causes, the High Court may, designate bynotification such Judge or appoint any Civil Judge in the district as theVacation Judge for the duration of the adjournment of such Court of SmallCauses during any vacation or part thereof. The High Court may regulate byspecial or general order work to be discharged by the Vacation Judge, orJudges, Court of Small Causes.
(4)(a) The local limits of thejurisdiction of the Vacation Judge, Court of Small Causes shall be the same asthose of the Court of Small Causes concerned.
(b)The jurisdiction of the Vacation Judge, Court of Small Causes shall extend toall suits or proceedings cognizable by the Court of Small Causes concerned.
(5)The place at which the Court of the Vacation Judge, Court of Small Causes,shall be held, shall be the same at which the Court of Small Causes concernedmay be held. The Senior Vacation Judge or the Vacation Judge as the case maybe, shall have such administrative control over the staff of the Court of theSmall Causes concerned, as the High Court may, by general or special order,determine.
(6)Notwithstanding the designation of the Vacation Judge or Judges, the Courts ofSmall Causes concerned shall during the period it is adjourned for anyvacation, be deemed to be closed for the purposes of section 4 of theLimitation Act, 1963 (Central Act 36 of 1963).]
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1.Subsection 1 to 6 substituted byAct 26 of 1985 w.e.f. 29.4.1985.
2. Substituted by Act 11 of 1981w.e.f. 4.4.1981