Section 11. The Courts mentioned in the first column of the subjoined table shall ordinarily have jurisdiction i

11. The Courts mentioned in the first column of the subjoined table shall ordinarily have jurisdiction in the adjudication of suits of every description arising within their local jurisdiction to the extent specified in the second column thereof: Provided that no suit cognizable by a Court of Small Causes shall, within the local limits of the jurisdiction of any such Court, be heard or determined by any other Court. | (1.) The Tahsildár. | (1.) When the amount or value of the subject-matter of the suit does not exceed one hundred rupees. | | --- | --- | | (2.) The Assistant Commissioner or Extra Assistant Commissioner. | (2.) When such amount or value does not exceed five hundred rupees. | | (3.) The Deputy Commissioner or the Civil Judge of Lucknow. | (3.) Whatever be the amount or value of the subject-matter of the suit. | Power to extend jurisdiction of certain officers. But the Chief Commissioner may invest any Tahsildár with power to try suits of which the amount or value of the subject-matter does not exceed five hundred rupees, and may also empower any Assistant Commissioner or Extra Assistant Commissioner to try suits of which the amount or value of the subject-matter does not exceed five thousand rupees. Orders conferring extended jurisdiction to have force of law. All orders of the Chief Commissioner investing any Tahsildár, Assistant Commissioner or Extra Assistant Commissioner with such extended jurisdiction shall be duly notified in the local official Gazette, 1871.] Oudh Civil Courts. 417 Gazette, and shall thereupon have the same force and effect as if the said jurisdiction had been expressly conferred by this Act upon the Courts presided over by the officers so invested.