Section 9. Appeals from decrees, orders and decisions passed by Civil Courts and not appealed against before th

69. Appeals from decrees, orders and decisions passed by Civil Courts and not appealed against before the date on which this Act comes into force shall lie and be disposed of as if this Act had not been passed and not otherwise: Provided that the Courts to which such appeals shall lie shall be as follows: (a) when the appeal would before the said date have lain to the Chief Court, or the value of the suit exceeds five thousand rupees,—the Chief Court; (b) in small causes when the value of the suit does not exceed five hundred rupees, and the appeal would before the said date have lain to the Deputy Commissioner, or an officer exercising the appellate powers of a Deputy Commissioner,—the District Court; (c) in other cases,—the Divisional Court.