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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Order LI: Presidency Small Cause Courts

Order LI Rule 1 CPC: Presidency Small Cause Courts

Bare Act text

1. Presidency Small Cause Courts.—Save as provided in rules 22 and 23 of Order V, rules 4 and 7 of Order XXI, and rule 4 of Order XXVI, and by the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882 (15 of 1882), this Schedule shall not extend to any suit or proceeding in any Court of Small Causes established in the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.

Text of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. 5 of 1908), First Schedule, as amended, including the changes for commercial disputes made by the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. Source: India Code, Government of India.

In simple words

The Schedule does not extend to any suit or proceeding in a Court of Small Causes established in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay. The exceptions are rules 22 and 23 of Order V, rules 4 and 7 of Order XXI and rule 4 of Order XXVI, and what the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882 provides.