The Cantonments Act, 1889, 13 of 1889, (Rep., Act 15 of 1910)

Section 10

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

Chapter II: . CANTONMENTS AND CANTONMENT AUTHORITIES, COURTS AND POLICE. | Section 10: Every Cantonment Magistrate presiding over a Court of Small Causes in a cantonment at the commenceme 10. Every Cantonment Magistrate presiding over a Court of Small Causes in a cantonment at the commencement of this Act, and every Assistant Cantonment Magistrate then having any of the powers of the Judge of such Court, shall be deemed to have been appointed Judge and Additional Judge, respectively, under section 6 and section 8 of the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887, and, in the absence of any order of the Local Government to the contrary, to have jurisdiction with respect to all suits which are cognizable by a Court of Small Causes under that Act and of which the value does not exceed, in the case of a Cantonment Magistrate, five hundred rupees and, in the case of an Assistant Cantonment Magistrate, fifty rupees.

Source: India Code