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The Civil Courts Act, 1887

( ACT NO. XII OF 1887 )

[ 11th March 1887 ]

Chapter IV

SPECIAL JURISDICTION

Power to invest Joint District Judges and 1[Senior 2[Civil] Judges or 3[Civil] Judges with Small Cause Court jurisdiction]

25. The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, confer, within such local limits as it thinks fit, upon any 4[Joint District] Judge or 5[Senior 6[Civil] Judge or 7[Civil] Judge] the jurisdiction of a Judge of a Court of Small Causes under the 8[* * *] Small Cause Courts Act, 1887, for the trail of suits, cognizable by such Courts, up to such value not exceeding 9[twenty thousand Taka in the case of a 10[Joint District] Judge or ten thousand Taka in the case of 11[a Senior 12[Civil] Judge or six thousand Taka in the case of 13[a Civil] Judge]] as it thinks fit, and may withdraw any jurisdiction so conferred:

 
 

Provided that the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, delegate to the High Court Division its powers under this section.

  • 1
    In the marginal heading the words “Senior Assistant Judges or Assistant Judges” were substituted, for the words “Assistant Judges” by section 16 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001)
  • 2
    The word “Civil” was substituted for the word “Assistant” by section 10 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (Ordinance No. LV of 2025).
  • 3
    The word “Civil” was substituted for the word “Assistant” by section 10 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (Ordinance No. LV of 2025).
  • 4
    The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by sections 14, 15 and 16 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).
  • 5
    The words “Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge” were substituted, for the words “Assistant Judge” by sections 14, 15 and 16 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).
  • 6
    The word “Civil” was substituted for the word “Assistant” by section 10 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (Ordinance No. LV of 2025).
  • 7
    The word “Civil” was substituted for the word “Assistant” by section 10 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (Ordinance No. LV of 2025).
  • 8
    The word “Provincial” was omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
  • 9
    The words, brackets and figures “twenty thousand Taka in the case of a Subordinate Judge or ten thousand Taka in the case of an Assistant Judge whose jurisdiction has been extended under sub-section (2) of section 19 or six thousand Taka in the case of any other Assistant Judge” were substituted, for the words, brackets and figure “ten thousand Taka in the case of a Subordinate Judge or five thousand Taka in the case of an Assistant Judge whose jurisdiction has been extended under sub-section (2) of section 19 or three thousand Taka in the case of any other Assistant Judge” by section 4 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. XLVIII of 1990).
  • 10
    The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by section 16 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).
  • 11
    The words “a Senior Assistant Judge or six thousand Taka in the case of an Assistant Judge” were substituted, for the words “an Assistant Judge whose jurisdiction has been extended under sub-section (2) of section 19 or six thousand Taka in the case of any other Assistant Judge” by section 16 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).
  • 12
    The word “Civil” was substituted for the word “Assistant” by section 10 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (Ordinance No. LV of 2025).
  • 13
    The words “a Civil” were substituted for the words “an Assistant” by section 10 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (Ordinance No. LV of 2025).
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