(1) The local limits of the jurisdiction of a Sub- TLocal limits of jurisdiction.
ordinate Judge shall be such as the *[High Court] may define.
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(2) When the ‘[High Court] posts a Subordinate Judge * *°. * *toa district, the local limits of the district shall, in the absence of any direction to the contrary, te deemed to be the local limits of his jurisdiction.
28. °[(1) The "[Central Government] may after con- Special Judges sultation with the High Court appoint any person to be an @nd Benches.
Honorary Subordinate Judge, and the High Court may confer on such Judge all or any of the powers conferable 1The words “or Munsif” were repealed by Punjab Act IX of 1922, section 6 (2).
2The words “in the case of a Subordinate Judgé” were repealed by Punjab Act IX of 1922, section 6(2).
3The words “by Local Government and, in_the case of a Munsif” were repezled by section 6 (2) of Punjeb Act IX of 1922, section 6(2).
. 4Substituted for the words “Chief Court” by Punjab Act IV of 1919, section 2(5).
5See notification Nos. 4 and 10, dated 3rd January, 1923, Punjab Gazefte, Extraordinary, 1926.
6The words “or grade” were repealed by Punjab Act IX of 1922, section 6(2).
7Sub-section (2) and the proviso thereto were repealed by Punjab Act IX of 1922, section 6(3). .
ASubstjtufed for the words “Local Government” by Punjab Act IX of 1922, section 7.
vSuh-section (2) omitted and sub-section (3) renumbered as subsection (2) and the words “or the High Court posts a Munsif’ were omitted by Punjab Act IX of 1922, section 7 (2) and (3).
10Substituted by Punjab Act IX of 1922, section 8.
11Substituted for the words “State Government” by the Punjab Reorganisztion (Chandigarh) (Adaptation of Laws on State and Con~ current Subjects) Order, 1968.
Power to invest Subordinate Judge with Small Cause Court jurisdiction Exercise by Subordinate Judge of Jjurisdiction of District Court in certain proceedings, | 380 COURTS [1918 : Ph, Ay W under this Act on a Subordinate Judge with respee particular classes of suits or with respect to suitg generaun in any local area,] : y
(2) The *[Central Government] may direct any cven number of persons invested with powers of the 'san?‘ deseription and exercisable within the same local m.ee under this section to sit together as a bench; those Powm-?
shail, while the direction remains in force, be exercised fy, the bench so constituted, and not otherwise. 4
(3) The decision of the majority of the members of 3 beneh eanstituted under this section shall be deemed tq he the decision of the bench. - )
(4) Persons on whom powers, are conferred under this section and the benches constituted under this section shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Part, to be Sub- ordinate Judges A
29. The °[High Court] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, confer, within such local limits as it thinks fil upon any Subordinate Judge, * * *, the jurisdiction of a Judge of a Court of Small Causes under the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887, for the trial of suits, coznizable hy such Courts, up to such value not ex. ®¥. ceeding “[two thousand rupees] * * ¢ * = , as it thzlnks fit, and may withdraw any jurisdiction so conferred.
30. The °[High Court] may by general or special crder authorise any Subordinate Judge to take cognizance of, or any District Judge to transfer to a Subordinate Judge under hiz esntrel, any of the proceedings next hereinofter mentioned or any class of those proceedings cpecified in such order. ’ !Substituted for the words “State Government” by the Punjab Re- organisztion (Chandigerh) (Adaptation of Laws on State and Con- current Subjects) Order 1968, 1 2The vrords “o= Munsifs as the Local Government may direct” were onditted by Punjab Act IX of 1922, section 8(2). . tSubstitutey for the words “Locel Government” by Punjab Act IX 1922, section 9. K “The words “or Muneifs” and “in the case of Subordinate Judze 9& two hundred and fifty rupces in the case of a Munsif,” omitted by “]\“ “rubstitufed for the words “five hundred rupees” by Puniab Ad 35 of 1963, section 4. 19 ®Substituted for the words “Chief Court” by Punjab Act IV of 1916 section 2 (5).
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(2) The procecdings veferred to in sub-section (1) are the following, namely:~-
(a) Proceedings under the Indian Succession Act, 1865' and the Probate and Administration Act, 1881" which cannot be disposed of by the District Judge.
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(3) The District Judge may withdraw any such preceedings taken cognizance of by or transferred to a Spbordinate Judge and may either himself dispose of ther or transfer'them {o a Court under his conirol competent cispose of them.
(4) Proceedings taken cognizance of by or transferred to a Subordinate Judge as the case may be under this section shall be disposed of by him, subject to the rules applicable to like proceedings when disposed of by the District Judge.