Every Court under this Act shall use a seal of such form and dimensions as are, for the time being, prescribed by the Government.
* Inserted vide Act No.9 of 1986 w.e.f 26-6-1986 -:5:- *[8. Jurisdiction of District Judge, Subordinate Judge and District Munsif in original suits. – (1) The jurisdiction of the District Judge shall, subject to the rules of procedure contained in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter referred to in this section as the said Code) for the time being in force, extend to all original suits and proceedings of a civil nature, of which the amount or value of the subject matter exceeds rupees five lakhs.
(2) The jurisdiction of the Subordinate Judge shall, subject to the rules of procedure contained in the said Code for the time being in force, extend to all original suits and proceedings of a civil nature, of which the amount or value of the subject matter exceeds rupees one lakh but does not exceed rupees five lakhs:
**[“Provided that the jurisdiction of the Subordinate Judge’s Court at Mahe and Yanam extends, subject to the provisions of the said Code to all original suits and proceedings of civil nature.”]
(3) The jurisdiction of the District Munsif shall extend to all like suits and proceedings not otherwise exempted from his cognizance, of which the amount or value of the subject matter does not exceed rupees one lakh:
Provided that the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, increase the jurisdiction as and when exigency arises].
***[9. Appeal from Decrees and Orders of District Courts, Subordinate Courts and District Munsif Courts. – (1) Appeals from the Decrees and Orders of District Judges at Puducherry and Karaikal shall, when such appeals are allowed by law, lie to the High Court of Judicature at Madras.
(2) Appeals from the Decrees and Orders of the Subordinate Judges at Puducherry shall, when such appeals are allowed by law, lie to the Court of District Judge at Puducherry.
(3) Appeals from the Decrees and Orders of the Subordinate Judges at Mahe and Yanam shall, when such appeals are allowed by law, lie to the High Court of Judicature at Madras:
Provided that in so far as appeals from the Decrees and Orders of the Subordinate Judges at Mahe and Yanam in any civil suit where the suit value does not exceed rupees five lakhs, shall, when such appeals are allowed by law, lie to the Court of District Judge at Puducherry.
_____________________________________________________________________ * Substituted vide Act No.5 of 2005. This Act came into force w.e.f 01.11.2005 ** Substituted vide Act No.5 of 2015. This Act came into force w.e.f 01.07.2015 _ *** Substituted vide Act No.9 of 2017. This Act came into force w.e.f 01.08.2017.
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(4) Appeals from the Decrees and Orders of the Subordinate Judges at Yanam where such decrees and orders were passed by the said Judge concerned as if, he is a District Munsif in relation to their respective jurisdictional areas shall, when such appeals are allowed by law, lie to the Court of District Judge at Puducherry.
(5) Appeals from the D ecrees and O rders of Subordinate Judge at Karaikal shall, when such appeals are allowed by law, lie to the Court of District Judge at Karaikal:
(6) Appeals from the Decrees and Orders of District Minsifs shall, when such appeals are allowed by law, lie to the Court of Subordinate Judge.
Provided however that the pecuniary limit specified in this section shall not apply in the case of appeals from Decrees and Orders passed under and in accordance with the French law relating to civil procedure.
(7) Transitory provisions.- (1) All suits pending in the District Court, Karaikal, when the amount or the value of the subject matter of the suit exceeds rupees one lakh but, does not exceed rupees five lakhs shall stand transferred to the Subordinate Court at Karaikal.
(2) All first appeals from the Decrees and Orders of the District Munsif Court at Karaikal and pending on the file of the District Court at Karaikal and when the amount or the value of the subject matter of such appeals does not exceed rupees one lakh shall stand transferred to the Subordinate Court at Karaikal.
(3) All suits pending in the Subordinate Court at Mahe, where the amount or the subject matter of the suit does not exceed rupees one lakh shall stand transferred to the District Munsif Court at Mahe.
(4) All the part-heard and judgment reserved suits and appeal shall be heard and disposed of by the respective Courts as if, this Act has not been passed].” -:7:-