Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 Chapter I - Bare Act |
| State | Central Government |
| Year | 1887 |
| Section Title | Preliminary |
(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
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.
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).]
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.