Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882 · Chapter IV: Jurisdiction in Respect of Suits
Section 21: Suits by and against officers of Court
All suits to which an officer of the Small Cause Court is, as such, a party, except suits in respect of property taken in execution of its process, or the proceeds or value thereof [and all suits whereof the amount or value of the subjectmatter exceeds one thousand rupees] may be instituted in the High Court at the election of the plaintiff as if this Act had not been passed.
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