Section 3. For sections 40 and 41 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1884, as amended by the Punjab Courts Act, 1888, the following sections shall be substituted, namely:

3. For sections 40 and 41 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1884, as amended by the Punjab Courts Act, 1888, the following sections shall be substituted, namely:— Substitution of new sections for sections 40 and 41, Act XVIII, 1884. "40. (I) A further appeal shall lie to the Chief Court in any of the following cases from an appellate decree of a Divisional Court on any ground which would be a good ground of appeal if the decree had been passed in an original suit, namely:— (a) in a small cause or unclassed suit,— (i) if the value of the suit, is one-thousand rupees or upwards, or the decree involves directly some claim to, or question respecting, property of like value, and the decree of the Divisional Court varies or reverses otherwise than as to costs the decree of the Court below; or (ii) if the value of the suit is two-thousand-rupees or upwards or the decree involves directly some claim to, or question respecting, property of like value: (b) in a land suit,— (i) if the value of the suit is two-hundred-and-fifty rupees or upwards or the decree involves directly some claim to, or question respecting, property of like value and the decree of the Divisional Court varies or reverses otherwise than as to costs the decree of the Court below; or (ii) if the value of the suit is one-thousand rupees or upwards or the decree involves directly some claim to, or question respecting, property of like value. "(2) The provisions contained in Chapter XLI of the Code of Civil Procedure as amended by this Act shall apply, as far as may be, to further appeals under this section and to the execution of decrees passed on such appeals. "41. Subject XIV of 1882. 174 Punjab Courts. [ACT XXV Appellate decrees of District Judge or Divisional Court otherwise final. Partial repeal of section 43, Act VIII, 1884. Addition of new section after section 67, Act XVIII, 1884. Modification of section 568, Act XIV, 1882. Substitution of new sections for sections 70 and 71, Act XVIII, 1884. Power for Chief Court to call for record of cases not appealable to it. "41. Subject to the provisions of sections 40 and 70 of this Act and to those of section 595 of the Code of Civil Procedure, an appellate decree of a District Judge or Divisional Court shall be final."