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In the principal Act, after section 21, the following shall be section2iA inserted as section 21 A, namely / "Power to Transfer pending appeals to District Judge. Amendment of section 5 of the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Assam Amendment) Act, 1992. 21 A. An appeal from a decree or order of an Assistant District Judge, where the value of the original suit in which or any proceeding arising out of which decree or order was made exceeds twenty thousand rupees but does not exceed fifty thousand rupees instituted in the High Court before the date of commencement of the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Assam Amendment) Act, 1992 and pending in the High Court immediately before the said date, shall stand transferred to District Judge having jurisdiction who shall decide the appeal according to law or assign it to any Additional District Judge.