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District Judge or a District Court, as the case may be, under the following
Acts, namely:—
                  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.
   (i) The Indian Divorce Act, 1869 (Central Act 4 of 1869);
   (ii) The Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (Central Act 8 of 1890);
   (iii) The Indian Lunacy Act, 1912 (Central Act 4 of 1912);
   1[(iv) x x x]1
   1.   Omitted by Act 28 of 1978 w.e.f. 1.2.1979 by notification. Text of the notification is at
        the end of the Act.
  (v) The Special Marriage Act, 1954 (Central Act 43 of 1954).
  (2) Every order made by a 1[Senior Civil Judge]1 by virtue of the powers
conferred upon him under sub-section (1) shall be subject to appeal,—
                  1. Substituted by Act 16 of 1996 w.e.f. 21.9.1996 and again substituted by
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                     Act 21 of 2009 w.e.f. 28.8.2009.
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   (i) to the District Court, when the amount or value of the subject matter is
less than twenty thousand rupees;
   (ii) to the High Court, in other cases.
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   (3) Every order of the District Judge passed on appeal under sub-section
   (2) from the order of a 1[Senior Civil Judge]1 shall be subject to an appeal
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   to the High Court under the rules contained in the Code of Civil
   Procedure, 1908, applicable to appeals from appellate decrees.
                  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.
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   [23A. Investiture of subordinate courts with jurisdiction of District
Court under the Indian Succession Act, 1925.—(1) The High Court may,
by notification, invest any 2[Senior Civil Judge]2 or 2[Civil Judge]2, within
such local limits and subject to such pecuniary and other limitations as may
be specified in such notification, with all or any of the powers of a District
Judge under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (Central Act 39 of 1925).]1
                  1.   Substituted by Act 16 of 1996 w.e.f. 21.9.1996 .
                  2.   Substituted by Act 21 of 2009 w.e.f. 28.8.2009.

   (2) Any 1[Senior Civil Judge]1 or 1[Civil Judge]1 invested with powers
under sub-section (1) shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the District
Judge in the exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act upon the
District Judge, and the provisions of the said Act relating  to the District
Judge shall apply to such 1[Senior Civil Judge]1 or 1[Civil Judge]1, as the
case may be, as if he were the District Judge:
                  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.