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A Court of Small Causes under Section 5 of the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 can be…

Section 5(1) permits a Court of Small Causes to be established beyond "the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction" of a High Court of Judicature in a…

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A Court of Small Causes under Section 5 of the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 can be established beyond the local limits of:

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Section 5(1) permits a Court of Small Causes to be established beyond "the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction" of a High Court of Judicature in a Presidency town. The test is that original civil jurisdiction, not appellate jurisdiction, District Court limits or revenue jurisdiction.

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