The Small Cause Courts Laws (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2020

1. (1) This Act may be called the Small Cause Courts Laws (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2020.
2. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

In the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882, in its application to the City of Ahmedabad (hereinafter referred to as "the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act"), in section 18, for the words "ten lacs rupees" wherever they occur, the words “twenty-five lacs rupees” shall be substituted.

In the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, in section 20, for the words “ten lacs rupees” wherever they occur, the words ''twenty-five lacs rupees" shall be substituted.

In the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, in section 22, in clause (b), for the words “ten lacs rupees”, the words “twenty-five lacs rupees” shall be substituted.

In the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, in section 41, for the words “ten lacs rupees”, the words “twenty-five lacs rupees” shall be substituted.

In the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887, in its application to the State of Gujarat, in section 15, in sub-section (3), for the words “ten lacs rupees”, the words “twenty-five lacs rupees” shall be substituted.

-1 7. All suits and applications of a civil nature wherein the subject matter exceeds in amount or value ten lacs rupees but does not exceed twenty-five lacs rupees pending in the Courts of City Civil, Ahmedabad or, as the case may be, in any district court immediately before the commencement of the Small Cause Courts Laws (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2020 shall after such commencement, stand transferred to and be disposed of by the Judge, Court of Small Cause, Ahmedabad or, as the case may be, Judge, Small Cause Court, within the local limit of his ordinary jurisdiction.