Miscellaneous, Chartered HCs, Provincial and Presidency Small Causes Courts (Orders XLVIII-LI)

The Bombay High Court, the Court of Small Causes at Fort, and the civil court in a district town all sit in Maharashtra and all hear money and property disputes. Do they all follow exactly the same procedure? They do not. The last five Orders of the First Schedule, Orders XLVIII to LI, are the place where the Code admits this: they contain housekeeping rules for every civil court, and then carve out special treatment for the chartered High Courts and for the Small Causes Courts.

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Order XLVIII is a miscellany of service and forms that applies to every civil court, while Orders XLIX, L and LI say which parts of the Code do not apply, or apply only in part, to Chartered High Courts, Provincial Small Cause Courts and Presidency Small Cause Courts.

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