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Concurrent jurisdiction of High Court.-(1) The High Court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the District Judge in the exercise of all the powers hereby conferred upon the District Judge. (2) Except in cases to which section 57 applies, no High Court, in exercise of the concurrent jurisdiction hereby conferred over any local area beyond the limits of the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay 1* shall, where the deceased is a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Collected by the All India Christian Council, www.christiancouncil.in Page 93 of 123 Sikh or Jaina or an exempted person, receive applications for probate or letters of administration until the State Government has, by a notification in the Official Gazette, authorised it so to do.