25. Removal of doubt.

Schedule
( [See Sections 18 and 21] )
( [See Sections 18 and 21] )
Amendments to the Presidency Small Causes Courts Act, 1882, in Its Application to the City of Ahmedabad
Amendments to the Presidency Small Causes Courts Act, 1882, in Its Application to the City of Ahmedabad
1.
"1-A. Extent and commencement in the City of Ahmedabad. - This Act shall extend to, and come into force in the City of Ahmedabad on the date on which the Ahmedabad City Courts Act, 1961 (Gujarat XIX of 1961) comes into force:
"1-A. Extent and commencement in the City of Ahmedabad.
(a) with effect on and from the date of the commencement of the Ahmedabad City Courts (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Gujarat 33 of 1980)) it shall also extend to and come into force in those areas of the City of Ahmedabad as constituted under the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 (Bombay LIX of 1949) which were included in the said City under the latter Act after the appointed day, but before the date of the commencement of the former Act.
(b) with effect on and from the date of inclusion of or exclusion from, the city of Ahmedabad as defined in clause (2) of Section 2 of the Ahmedabad City Courts Act, 1961 (Gujarat XIX of 1961) of any area by a notification issued under that clause, it shall also extend to and come into force in the area included in the said City, or as the case may be, cease to extend to and be in force in the area excluded from the said City by such notification:
2.
(1) after the words "as the case may be" the words "or in the City of Ahmedabad" shall be inserted, and
3.
"(2) In the City of Ahmedabad there shall be a Court to be called the Court of Small Causes of Ahmedabad."
4.
"(2) The Court of Small Causes of Ahmedabad shall be deemed to be a Court subject to the superintendence of the High Court of Gujarat and to be a Court subordinate to that High Court within the meaning of Section 6 of the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 (18 of 1879), and that High Court shall have in respect of the Small Causes Court of Ahmedabad the same powers as it has in respect of the Courts subject to its appellate jurisdiction.".
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(i) in sub-section (1) so renumbered, for the words "The local limits" where they occur for the first time, the words, brackets and figure "Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2), the local limits" shall be substituted;
(ii) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-
"(2) The local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court of Small Causes of Ahmedabad shall be the local limits of the City of Ahmedabad".
7.
(a) the words "and all suits whereof the amount of the value of the subject-matter exceeds one thousand rupees" shall be deleted, and
(b) for the words "High Court" the words "Ahmedabad City Civil Court" shall be substituted.
8.
"22. Costs when plaintiff sues in Ahmedabad City Civil Court in other cases cognizable by Small Causes Court.
(a) if the Plaintiff does not obtain a decree, the Defendant shall be entitled to his costs and may also be awarded such additional amount not exceeding one thousand rupees by way of compensation as the Judge may award; or
(b) if the Plaintiff obtains a decree for any matter of an amount or value less than two thousand rupees, no costs shall be allowed to the Plaintiff.
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(1) the first sentence shall be numbered as sub-section (1) and in that sub-section so numbered for the words "five days" the words "fifteen days" shall be substituted and to that sub-section, the following proviso shall be added, namely :-
"Provided that where the Judge is satisfied that there is sufficient cause for extending the period within which an application may be made under this sub-section, he may extend the period to such extent as he may consider necessary.";
(2) the second sentence shall be numbered as sub-section (2).
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(1) for the words "High Court" the words "Ahmedabad City Civil Court" shall be substituted;
(2) for the words "at the expiration of five days from the seizure of property under this chapter" the following words, brackets and figures shall be substituted, namely:-
"at the expiration of fifteen days from the seizure of property under this chapter or, as the case may be, of the extended period under the proviso to sub-section (1) of Section 60."
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Amendments to the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947, in its Application to the City of Ahmedabad
Amendments to the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947, in its Application to the City of Ahmedabad
1.
"(a) in the City of Ahmedabad, the Court of Small Causes of Ahmedabad.".
2.
(1) in sub-section (1),-
(a) before clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-
"(a) in the City of Ahmedabad, from a decree or order made by the Court of Small Causes, Ahmedabad, exercising jurisdiction under Section 28, to a bench of the two judges said Court which shall not include the judge who made such decree or order,";
(b) in clause (b) for the words "from a decree" the words "elsewhere from a decree" shall be substituted;
(c) in the proviso in clause II,
A. before sub-clause (ii), insert the following sub-clause, namely :-
"(i) where such suit or proceeding is instituted in the City of Ahmedabad, two thousand rupees,"; and
B. in sub-clause (ii), for the words "the amount upto" the words "where such suit or proceeding is instituted elsewhere the amount upto" shall be substituted.
(2) in sub-section (3), after the words "in any suit or proceeding" the words "in the City of Ahmedabad the bench of two judges specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) and elsewhere" shall be inserted.".
(i) In Section 18, after sub-section (1) the following shall be inserted, namely:-
"(2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) of this section or in Section 20 shall apply to fees payable to pleaders in the Court of Small Causes of Ahmedabad.".
(ii) In Section 23, for the words "subordinate to the High Court" the words "other than the Court of Small Causes of Ahmedabad subordinate to the High Court" shall be substituted.
(i) In Section 8, after the words "Calcutta, Madras and Bombay" the words "and in the City of Ahmedabad" shall be inserted.]