Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
8.Presidency
Small Cause Courts.-
Save
as provided in sections 24, 38 to 41, 75, clauses (a), (b) and (c), 76, 77 and
155 to 158, and by the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882, 15 of 1882 the
provisions in the body of this Code shall not extend to any suit or proceeding
in any Court of Small Causes established in the towns of Calcutta, Madras and
Bombay:
{Ins.by Act 1 of 1914, s.2.} [Provided that-
(1) the High Courts of Judicature at Fort William, Madras and Bombay, as the
case may be, may from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette,
direct{For instance of such direction, see Calcutta Gazette, 1910, Pt.I, p
814.} that any such provisions not inconsistent with the express provisions of
the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882,15 of 1882 and with such
modifications and adaptations as may be specified in the notification, shall
extend to suits or proceedings or any class of suits or proceedings in such
Court;
(2) all rules heretofore made by any of the said High Courts under section 9 of
the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882,15 of 1882 shall be deemed to have
been validly made.]