16. Original Jurisdiction of 1[Additional District Judges.].- The District Judge may refer to any 2[Additional District Judge] subordinate to him 3[any original suits and proceedings of a civil nature], 4[applications or references under special Acts,] and miscellaneous applications 5*.
The 6[Additional District Judge] shall have jurisdiction to try such suits and to dispose of such applications 7[or references].
When the 8[Additional District Judges] decrees and orders in such cases are appealable, the appeal shall lie to the District Judge or to the High Court according as the amount or value of the subject-matter does not exceed or exceeds 9[one crore rupees].
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The 6[Additional District Judge] shall have jurisdiction to try such suits and to dispose of such applications 7[or references].
When the 8[Additional District Judges] decrees and orders in such cases are appealable, the appeal shall lie to the District Judge or to the High Court according as the amount or value of the subject-matter does not exceed or exceeds 9[one crore rupees].
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Source footnotes
1 These words were substituted for the words "Assistant Judge" by Mah. 27 of 1984, s. 2 (a).2 These words were substituted for the words "Assistant Judge" by Mah. 27 of 1984, s. 2 (a).
3 These words were substituted for the words "original suits of which the subject matter does not amount to forty thousand rupees" by Mah. 10 of 1983, s. 2(a).
4 These words were inserted by section 2 of the Bombay Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 1900 (Bom. I to 1900).
5 The words "not being of the nature of appeals" were deleted by Bom. 94 of 1958, s. 4.
6 These words were substituted for the words "Assistant Judge" by Mah. 27 of 1984, s. 2 (a).
7 The words "The present Assistant Judges shall be the first Assistant Judges under the Act" were repealed by the Repealing Act, 1876 (12 of 1876).
8 These words were substituted for the words "Assistant Judge" by Mah. 27 of 1984, s. 2 (a).
9 These words were substituted for the words "ten lakh rupees" by Mah. 22 of 2015, s. 2.
10 The words and figures "The Assistant Judge shall, when directed by the District Judge so to do also take evidence on applications for certificates under Bombay Regulation 8 of 1827 (to provide for the formal recognition of heirs, executors and administrators and for the appointment of administrators and managers of property by the Courts), Act No. XXVII of 1860 (for facilitating the collection of debts on succession and for the security of parties paying debts to the representatives of deceased persons), were repealed by the Succession Certificate Act, 1889 (7 of 1889), and the words and figures and Act No. XX of 1864 (for making better provisions for the care of the persons and property of minors in the Presidency of Bombay) and shall forward it with his opinion thereon for the final orders of the District Judge," were repealed by the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (8 of 1890).
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