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Investing 1[Civil Judge (Senior Division)] with powers under cer- tain Acts. - (1) The High Court may, by notification, invest any 1[Civil Judge (Senior Division)] within such local limits and subject to such pecuniary limi- tations as it may deem fit, with all or any of the powers of a District Judge under any of the following Acts, namely : (i) Indian Divorce Act, 1869 (4 of 1869); (ii) The Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (8 of 1890); (iii) The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 (32 of 1956); and (iv) The Indian Lunacy Act, 1912 (4 of 1912). (2) An appeal against every order made by [Civil Judge (Senior Divi- sion)] by virtue of the powers conferred upon him under Sub-section (1) shall lie to- (i) the District Court when the amount or value of the subject matter is less than twenty-five thousand rupees; and (ii) the High Court in other cases. (3) An appeal against every order of the District Judge passed in an appeal under Sub-section (2) shall lie to the High Court under the rules con-