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Cogmzance of sutts by Courts of SmaU Causes.-(1) A Court of Small Causes shall not take co,;mzance of the SUlt.=; specified m the Schedule as suits excepted from the cogmzance of a Court of Small Causes. l I ., ,. • 28 (2} Subject to the exceptions !>peclfied in the Schedule and to the provisions of any enactment for the t1me being m force, all 5Ults of a uv1l nature of wh1ch the value does not exceed five hundred rupees shall be cogmzable by a Court of Small Causes. (3) SubJect as afore.,did, the Government may, by notifi- catiOn m the Gazette, direct that all suits of a civil nature of whiCh the value doe" not exceed one thou5and rupees shall be cogmzable by a Court of Small Cau5es mentwned in the notifi- catiOn. 13 Excluswe Jurisdiction of Courts of Small Causes.-Save a.:; expressly provided by th1s Act or by any other enactment for the time bemg in force, a suit cognizable by a Court of Small Causes 5hall not be tried by any other Court havmg JUrisdiction withm the local hmits of the jurisdictiOn of the Court of Small Causes by wh1ch the suit 1s triable. CHAPTER IV PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE