Section 5. General powers of Courts

5. General powers of Courts.— (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Court, in regard to proceedings under this Act, shall have the same powers and shall follow the same procedure as it has and follows in the exercise of original civil jurisdiction. (2) Subject as aforesaid, High Courts and District Courts, in regard to proceedings under this Act in Courts subordinate to them, shall have the same powers and shall follow the same procedure as they respectively have and follow in regard to civil suits. 5. The word "and" rep. by Act 39 of 1926, s. 6. 6. Ins. by s. 6, ibid. 7. The words "in the Gazette of India or" rep. by the A.O. 1937. 8. The words "as the case may be," rep. ibid . 9. Clause (a), (c) and (d) rep. by Act 39 of 1926, s.7.