Power to invest Civil Judges (Senior Division) with jurisdiction under certain Acts

(1) The State Government, in consultation with the High Court may, by general or special order, invest any Civil Judge (Senior Division), within such local limits and subject to such pecuniary jurisdiction as may be specified in such order, with all or any of the powers of a District Judge or a Court of District Judge, as the case may be under the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 (4 of 1869) the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), the Special Marriages Act, 1954 or the Guardian and wards Act, 1890 (8 of 1890) or such other Acts as may be deemed necessary. (2) Every order made by a Civil Judge (Senior Division) by virtue of the powers conferred upon him under sub-section (1) shall be subject to appeal to the Court of District Judge. (3) Every order of a Court of District Judge, passed on appeal under sub-section (2) from the order of a Civil Judge (Senior Division) shall be subject to an appeal to the High Court under the rules contained in the Code applicable to appeals from appellate decrees.