ACT 6 OF 1966 THE KERALA HIGH COURT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1966[1] Enacted by the president in the seventeenth year of the republic of india. An Act to amend the Kerala High Court Act, 1958. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Kerala State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1965 (12 of 1965), the President is pleased to enact as follows: " 1 . Short title and commencement." (1) This Act may be called the Kerala High Court (Amendment) Act, 1966. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint. 2 . Amendment of section 3."In section 3 of the Kerala High Court Act, 1958 (Kerala Act 5 of 1959) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for sub-clause (b) of clause (13), the following sub-clause shall be substituted, namely:" "(b) from an original decree or order in any suit or other proceeding, where the amount or value of the subject matter of the suit or other proceeding does not exceed ten thousand rupees ;". 3 . Substitution of new section for section 5."For section 5 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:" "5. Appeal from judgment or order of Single Judge. An appeal shall lie to a Bench of two Judges from" (i) a judgment or order of a Single Judge in the exercise of original jurisdiction ; or (ii) a judgment of a Single Judge in the exercise of appellate jurisdiction in respect of a decree or order made in the exercise of original jurisdiction by a subordinate court; or (iii) a judgment of a Single Judge in the exercise of appellate jurisdiction in respect of a decree or order made in the exercise of appellate jurisdiction by a subordinate court, if the Judge who passed such judgment certifies that the case is a fit one for appeal." |