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(1) The Government may by notification in the Gazette, establish Land Acquisition Courts at any place or places in the State of Kerala. (2) When a Land Acquisition Court has been established under sub-section (1), a Judicial Officer not below the rank of a Subordinate Judge shall be appointed as Judge of the Court by notification in the Gazette. (3) The local limits of the jurisdiction of the Land Acquisition Courts and the pecuniary limits of the jurisdiction of such Courts shall be such as the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, fix. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), (2) and (3) and Government may, by notification in the Gazette invest any Civil Court not lower in rank to that of a Subordinate Judge's Court with the jurisdiction of a Land Acquisition Court, subject to such territorial and pecuniary limits of jurisdiction as may be specified in the notification.