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The Government may,- (1) establish a Court of Small Causes at any place in the area to which this Act extends and define the local limits of its jurisdiction; (2) appoint a Judge for the Court of Small Causes and if necessary, appoint [Senior Civil Judge] or Judges; (3) appoint the place or places at which the Court of such Judge or *[Senior Civil Judge] or Judges shall be held: Provided that no person shall be appointed as Judge unless he is in the opinion of Government qualified for appointment as a District Judge and no person shall be appointed as a *[Senior Civil Judge] unless he is in the opinion of Government qualified either to be appointed as an Additional District Judge or as a *[Senior Civil Judge]; (4) When a person is appointed as an *[Senior Civil Judge] on the ground that in the opinion of Government, he is qualified for appointment as a District Judge, his pecuniary jurisdiction shall be the same as that of a Judge, Small Causes Court, and where a person is appointed as a *[Senior Civil Judge] on the ground that he is qualified for appointment as a *[Senior Civil Judge], his pecuniary jurisdiction shall extend to 3[rupees four thousand] and in either case at the time of his appointment or as soon as possible thereafter, the extent of pecuniary jurisdiction of the . Throughout the Act for the words “Additional Judge or Subordinate Judge” wherever they occur the words “Senior Civil Judge” substituted by Act No.29 of 1997.