Section 2. To section 39 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1884, as amended by the Punjab Courts Act, 1888, the following proviso shall be added, namely:

2. To section 39 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1884, as amended by the Punjab Courts Act, 1888, the following proviso shall be added, namely:— "Provided that the Chief Court may, with the previous sanction of the Local Government, by notification in the local official Gazette, direct that appeals lying to the Divisional Court under clause (c) from all or any of the decrees passed in an original suit by any Munsif or Subordinate Judge shall be preferred to such District Judge as may be mentioned in the notification, and the appeals shall thereupon be preferred accordingly, and the Court of such District Judge shall be deemed to be a Divisional Court for the purposes of all appeals so preferred." 3. For 1899.] Punjab Courts. 173 VIII of 884. III of 888.