The Bombay Civil Courts (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 1982

Short title and commencement.

1. (1) This Act may be called the Bombay Civil Courts (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 1989.
2. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the 23rd September, 1988 and the remaining provisions of this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 19th October, 1988.

Insertion of section 4A in Bom. XIV of 1869. In the Bombay Civil Courts Act, 1869 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"), after section 4, the following section shall be inserted, namely :-

"4A. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 4, the position of the civil station of the District of Ahmedabad at Narol shall be in the City of Ahmedabad. Explanation.-For the purposes of this section and section 23A, "City of Ahmedabad" means the City of Ahmedabad as defined by clause

1. (2) of section 2 of the Ahmedabad City Courts Act, 1961.".

In the principal Act, after section 23, the following section shall be inserted, namely :- "23A. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 23, the Civil Judges of the Civil Court at Naroda in the District of Ahmedabad shall hold their Courts in the City of Ahmedabad.".

1. (1) The Bombay Civil Courts (Gujarat Amendment) Ordinance, 1988 is hereby repealed.
2. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act as amended by the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act. 1. Short title and commencement
3. (1) This Act may be called the Bombay Civil Courts (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2002.
4. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. Amendment of section 16 of XIV of 1869 In the Bombay Civil Courts Act, 1869 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"), in section 16, for the words "fifty thousand rupees", the words "one lac rupees" shall be substituted. 3. Amendment of section 24 of XIV of 1869 In the principal Act, in section 24, for the words "fifty thousand rupees", the words "one lac rupees" shall be substituted. 4.

Amendment of section 28A of XIV of 1869 In the principal Act, in section 28A, in sub-section (2), for the words "fifty thousand rupees", the words "one lac rupees" shall be substituted.

All suits and proceedings of a civil nature wherein the subject matter exceeds in amount or value fifty thousand rupees but does not exceed one lac rupees pending in a Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) immediately before the commencement of the Bombay Civil Courts (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2002, shall after such commencement, stand transferred to, and be disposed of by a Civil Judge (Junior Division) within the local limits of his ordinary jurisdiction.