Constitution of village councils by the Government in autonomous district for trials of suits cases and otrencet.

(1) Subject to the provisions contained in the Constitution of India. the Government may constitute village councils within the autonomous district to the exclusion of any court within such area, and may appoint, in consultation with the Chairman and failing him the Vice-Chairman of the District Council, suitable persons to be members or presiding officers of such village councils and mayalso appoint such officers as may be necessary for the administration of the bye-laws and regulations made by the District Council under the provisions of this Act. (2) The village councils shall have power to try civil suits of the following description if their values do not exceed one thousand rupees- (a) civil suits for money due on contract; (b) civil suits for recovery of property or for the value thereof; (c) civil suits for compensation for wrongfully taking or injuring any property; (d) civil suits for damages caused by cattle trespass. (3) The village council shall have power te try cases or offences of the following description and to impose fine not exceeding three hundred rupees that is to say- (a) cases arising out of any bye-laws regulations or rules in force in the autonomous district ; (b) cases arising out of any bye-laws, regulations offence or abetment thereof which are not punishable with death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months and offences under sections 379 and 380 of the Indian Penal Code where the value of the stolen property does not exceed five hundred rupees.