Section 68

68. (1) All cases or proceedings pending in the Chief Court on the day when this Act comes into force shall be disposed of as if this Act had not been passed. (2) All cases or proceedings pending in any Civil Court subordinate to the Chief Court on that day shall be disposed of as if this Act had not been passed: Provided that the Chief Court may direct that any such cases or proceedings shall be transferred for disposal to any Civil Court established under this Act which would have had jurisdiction if it had been in existence when the cases or proceedings were instituted. (3) In the case of an appeal pending on the said day, the following shall, for the purposes of sub-section 1884.] Panjab Courts. 277 (Chapter VII.—Supplemental Provisions.—Sections 69 & 70.) tion (2), be deemed to be the Court which would have had jurisdiction as aforesaid, namely:— (a) when the value of the suit exceeds five thousand rupees,—the Chief Court; (b) when the appeal is one in a small cause, and is pending before the Deputy Commissioner or an officer invested with the appellate powers of a Deputy Commissioner and the value of the suit does not exceed five hundred rupees,—the District Court; (c) in other cases,—the Divisional Court.