Enactment of provisions relating to Courts in the Punjab Validation of Acts done

(1) (a) The provisions contained in Part II of this Act are hereby enacted, and shall be deemed to have had effect on and from the first day of August, 1914. (b) The Punjab Courts Act, 1914, and Punjab Act IV of 1914, or so much of them as may be valid, are repealed on and from the first day of August, 1914. (2) All things done under the Punjab Courts Act, 1914, as amended by Punjab Act IV of 1914, shall be deemed to be in every way as valid as if the Punjab Courts Act, 1914, as amended by Punjab Act IV of 1914, had been of full force and effect on and from the first day of August, 1914: Provided, firstly, that any appeal which may have been decided by the Chief Court in the exercise of jurisdiction purporting to be exercised under section 39 (1) (b) of the Punjab Courts Act, 1914, shall be deemed to have been validly decided and shall not be called in question by reason of anything contained in this Act; And, secondly, that any appeal which before the commencement of this Act has been presented to the Chief Court under section 39 (1) (b) of the Punjab Courts Act, 1914, and which should not have been so presented if the said sub-section had run as set out in section 39 of Part II of this Act shall if it has not been decided be transferred by the said Court for disposal to the District Court having jurisdiction; And thirdly, that any appeal which would have lain to the Chief Court under section 39 (1) (b) of the Punjab Courts Act, 1914, but which lies to the District Court under the provisions of this Act and which is presented to the Chief Court at the commencement of this Act would be within time shall be deemed to be presented within time if presented to the District Court within sixty days from the commencement of this Act. In this Part, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context,— (1) “Small cause” means a suit of the nature cognizable by a Court of Small Causes under the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887; (2) “Land-suit” means a suit relating to land as defined in section 4(1) of the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, or to any right or interest in such land; (3) "Unclassed suit" means a suit which is neither a small cause nor a land suit ; and (4) “Value” used with reference to a suit means the amount or value of the subject-matter of the suit. In this Part, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context,— (1) “Small cause” means a suit of the nature cognizable by a Court of Small Causes under the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887; (2) “Land-suit” means a suit relating to land as defined in section 4(1) of the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, or to any right or interest in such land; (3) "Unclassed suit” means a suit which is neither a small cause nor a land suit ; and (4) “Value” used with reference to a suit means the amount or value of the subject-matter of the suit.