Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
29. Power to transfer to Subordinate Judge or Munsif certain proceedings pending before District Court.
Small Cause Jurisdiction.
Chapter III: .
THE SUBORDINATE CIVIL COURTS. | Section 29: (1) The Chief Court may, by order, authorize any District Court to transfer to a Subordinate Judge o
29. (1) The Chief Court may, by order, authorize any District Court to transfer to a Subordinate Judge or Munsif under its control any of the following proceedings or any class of such proceedings specified in the order, and then pending or thereafter instituted before the District Court (that is to say):—
(a) applications for certificates under Act XXVII of 1860 (for facilitating the collection of debts on successions, and for the security of parties paying debts to the representatives of deceased persons);
(b) proceedings under Act XL of 1858 (for making better provision for the care of the persons and property of Minors in the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal) or Act IX of 1861 (to amend the law relating to Minors).
(2) The District Court may withdraw any proceedings
Power to transfer to Subordinate Judge or Munsif certain proceedings pending before District Court.
Panjab Courts. [ACT XVIII
(Chapter III.—The Subordinate Civil Courts.—Sections 30—32.)
ceedings so transferred, and may either itself dispose of them, or, with the previous sanction of the Chief Court, transfer them to any other Subordinate Judge or Munsif under its control.
(3) All proceedings so transferred shall be disposed of by the Subordinate Judge or Munsif (as the case may be) subject to the rules applicable to like cases when disposed of by the District Court.
Small Cause Jurisdiction.
Power to confer Small Cause Court jurisdiction.
Source: India Code