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   (a) the Courts of Civil Judges (Junior Division) in the 1[Belgaum Area]1,
   (b) the Courts of Munsiffs in the Mysore Area, the 1[Gulbarga Area]1 and
       the Coorg District, and
   (c) the Courts of District Munsiffs in the 1[Mangalore and Kollegal Area]1,
-shall be deemed to be Munsiff's Court established under this Act.
   1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 01.11.1973.
                                    CHAPTER III
                                   JURISDICTION
   13. Local limits of jurisdiction.—(1) The State Government shall, in
consultation with the High Court, and subject to the provisions of section 4
and section 6 of this Act, fix and may from time to time vary, by notification,
the local limits of the jurisdiction of any District Court or 1[Court of a Senior
Civil Judge]1 under this Act.
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                  1. Substituted by Act 16 of 1996 w.e.f. 21.9.1996 and again substituted by
                     Act 21 of 2009 w.e.f. 28.8.2009.    od
   (2) The State Government shall, in consultation with the High Court, fix
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and may from time to time vary by notification the local limits of jurisdiction
of any 1[Court of a Civil Judge]1 under this Act.
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        1. Substituted by Act 16 of 1996 w.e.f. 21.9.1996 and again substituted by Act 21 of
2009 w.e.f.28.08.2009.
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   (3) Until notifications are issued under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2),
the existing local limits of jurisdiction of every Civil Court shall be deemed to
have been fixed under this Act.
   1[(4) Where the local limits of the jurisdiction of any District Court, 2[Court
of a Senior Civil Judge]2 or 2[Court of a Civil Judge]2 is varied by a
notification issued under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the High Court
may make such orders as it may consider necessary for the transfer of suits,
applications, appeals and other proceedings pending in any such court.]1
       1. Inserted by Act 13 of 1980 w.e.f. 17.11.1980.
       2. Substituted by Act 16 of 1996 w.e.f. 21.9.1996 again substituted by
          Act 21 of 2009 w.e.f. 28.8.2009.
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   14. Jurisdiction of District Court.—(1) The District Court shall be
deemed to be the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction within the local
limits of its jurisdiction.
   (2) Subject to the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
(Central Act 5 of 1908), the jurisdiction of a District Court shall extend to all
original suits and proceedings of a civil nature.