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(1) The 8[9[State] Government] may, by notification in the 11[Offical Gazette], appoint in any taluka a Joint Mamlatdar under this Act who shall be invested with co-extensive powers and a concurrent jurisdiction with the Mamlatdar, except that he shall dispose of such suits only as he may receive from the Mamlatdar. (2) The Mamlatdar is hereby empowered to transfer to the Joint Mamlatdar for disposal any suit under this Act the plaint in which has been presented to the Mamlatdar under section 7, and to re-transfer to his own file any such suits, of which the Joint Mamlatdar is, owing to death, sickness or any other cause unable to dispose. (3) The 12[ 13[State] Government] may delegate 15[its] powers under sub- section (1) to 16[any officer not below the rank of Collector]. Preamble. Short title. Commencement in rest of State. Repeal of Bom. Act III of 1876. Bom. IV of 1958. Interpretation. Power of Mamlatdar to transfer suits to the Joint Mamlatdar. Delegation of powers 14[* * *], The Mamlatdars' Courts Act, 1906 5 of 17