Provided that a suit referred to in section 10 shall be heard by a Subordinate Judge irrespective of the value thereof.

Appeals Appeals.-No appeal shall lie from any decree or order passed in a suit to which this Act applies when the value of the suit in which the decree or order has been passed does not exceed five hundred rupees and the decree or order is passed by a Subordinate Judge or when the value of such suit does not exceed one hundred rupees and the decree or order is passed by a Munsiff or Tehsildar empowered under sub-section

1. (3) of section 4 : Provided that nothing herein contained shall apply to any order directing the arrest or detention in a civil prison of any person in execution of a decree Explanation.-In a suit referred to in section 10 the amount claimed by the defendant-creditor in his written statement shall be deemed to be the value of the suit and where no such claim is made, the amount at which the plaintiff-debtor values the suit
2. (2) One appeal and one only shall lie to the Subordinate Judge from a decree or order passed by the Munsiff or Tehsildar empowered under sub-section
3. (3) of section 4 in a suit to which this Act applies when the value of the suit in which the decree or order is passed exceeds one hundred rupees and from such decree or order passed by a Subordinate Judge to the District Judge when the value of the suit exceeds five hundred rupees but does not exceed two thousand and five hundred rupees and to the High Court in any other case.
4. (3) Nothing herein contained shall affect section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure.