Section 16. The Chief Commissioner may invest any Assistant Commissioner, or Extra Assistant Commissioner of the

16. The Chief Commissioner may invest any Assistant Commissioner, or Extra Assistant Commissioner of the &st or second class, with power to try suits of which the amount or value does not exceed five thousand rupees. Chief Commissioner may give special jurisdiction. 17.[The Chief Commissioner may invest any pre- ] siding officer of the Courts of grades (2) 'and (3) mentioned in section eight with the powers of a Judge of a Court of Small Causes, to hear and determine suits of a nature cognizable by a Court of Small Causes; - qnd of such value or amount as he thinks fit, not exceeding five hundred rupees. Chief Commissioner may invest certain Courts with powers of Judge of Court of Small Causes. Any Court so invested shall, in the exercise of the pomTers so conferred, be governed by the provisions of the law for the time being in force regulating the procedure of Courts of Small Causes.