In the Karnataka Small Causes Courts Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 11 of 1964),-
(1) in section 2,-
(a) clause (a) shall be relettered as clause (aa) and before the relettered clause (aa), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :- "(a) "City of Bangalore" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Bangalore City Civil Court Act, 1979" ;
(b) in clause (d), the following shall be added at the end, namely :- "and in the City of Bangalore the Chief Judge of the Court of Small Causes ;"
(2) after section 4, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided that, in the City of Bangalore, the High Court may appoint a District Judge who shall be called the Chief Judge of the Court of small Causes." ;
1[(2A) in the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 8, for the words "three thousand rupees", the words "ten thousand rupees" shall be substituted.]1
1. Inserted by Act 23 of 1980 w.e.f. 25-7-1980.
(3) for section 17, the following section shall be substituted, namely :- "17. Appeals from certain orders of Court of Small Causes.-An appeal shall lie from every order under section 35A and section 95 of the Code as specified in and to the extent provided by section 104 of the Code,-
(a) to the High Court where the order is of the Court of Small Causes in the City of Bangalore ;
(b) to the District Court 1[in other cases.]1 ";
1. Substituted by Act 23 of 1980 w.e.f. 25-7-1980.
(4) in section 20, after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely :- "(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2) the Court of Small Causes in the city of Bangalore shall be subordinate to and subject to the administrative control and superintendence of the High Court.";
(5) in section 21, for the words "sixty days" the words "thirty days" shall be substituted.