Section 40

Chapter IV: . APPELLATE JURISDICTION IN CIVIL CASES. | Section 40(2): A further appeal shall lie to the Chief Court in the following cases from an appellate decree of a D (2) no 266 Panjáb Courts. [ACT XVIII (Chapter IV.—Appellate Jurisdiction in Civil Cases. —Sections 41—44.) Chapter IV: . APPELLATE JURISDICTION IN CIVIL CASES. | Section 40(1): A further appeal shall lie to the Chief Court in the following cases from an appellate decree of a D (1) an application under clause (d) shall not be received after the expiration of thirty days from the date on which the decree of the Divisional Court is passed unless the applicant satisfies the Judge that he had sufficient cause for not presenting it within that period; and Chapter IV: . APPELLATE JURISDICTION IN CIVIL CASES. | Section 40: A further appeal shall lie to the Chief Court in the following cases from an appellate decree of a D 40. A further appeal shall lie to the Chief Court in 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) if the value of the suit exceeds five hundred rupees; or the decree involves directly some claim to, or question respecting, property of like value; (b) if the Divisional Court consists of a single Judge and the decree varies or reverses the decree of the Court below; (c) if in a Divisional Court consisting of more than one Judge the appeal is heard by two or more Judges, and there is not a majority of those Judges concurring in the decree passed by the Divisional Court; (d) if on the application of any party a Judge of the Divisional Court certifies that there is a question of law or custom or of general interest involved, and that the case is in his opinion of sufficient importance to justify a further appeal: Provided that— Chapter IV: . APPELLATE JURISDICTION IN CIVIL CASES. | Section 40(2): A further appeal shall lie to the Chief Court in the following cases from an appellate decree of a D (2) no further appeal shall lie in any small cause when the value of the suit does not exceed five hundred rupees. Appellate decision of District or Divisional Court otherwise final. Power to confer appellate jurisdiction on Subordinate Judge.