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1[34. Application of Act to Presidency-towns.--(1) This Act, in its application to the Presidency-towns, shall be read as if for the words "District Magistrate" in section 16, subsection (1), and section 17, sub-sections (2) and (3), for the words "Magistrate of the first or second class" in section 18, sub-section (1), 2[and section 19A, sub-section (2)] and for the word "Magistrate" in section 18, sub-section (2), there had been enacted the words "Commissioner of Police", and for the words District Judge in section 16, sub-sections (3), (4) and (5), the words "Chief Judge of the Court of Small Causes". 3* * * * (3) The fee in respect of an application to the Chief Judge of a Presidency Court of Small Causes under sub-section (3). of section 16 shall be the same as would be payable under the Court fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870), in respect of such an application to a District Judge beyond the limits of a Presidency-town, and fees for summonses and other processes in proceedings before the Chief Judge under sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of that section shall be payable according to the scale set forth in the Fourth Schedule to the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882 (15 of 1882).
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><sup>1</sup><b>[34. Application of Act to Presidency-towns.--</b>(1) This Act, in its application to the Presidency-towns, shall be read as if for the words "District Magistrate" in section 16, subsection <i>(1)</i>, and section 17, sub-sections <i>(2)</i> and <i>(3)</i>, for the words "Magistrate of the first or second class" in section 18, sub-section <i>(1)</i>, <sup>2</sup>[and section 19A, sub-section <i>(2)</i>] and for the word "Magistrate" in section 18, sub-section <i>(2)</i>, there had been enacted the words "Commissioner of Police", and for the words District Judge in section 16, sub-sections <i>(3)</i>, <i>(4)</i> and <i>(5)</i>, the words "Chief Judge of the Court of Small Causes".<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <sup>3</sup>* <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>* <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>* <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>*<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (3) The fee in respect of an application to the Chief Judge of a Presidency Court of Small Causes under sub-section <i>(3)</i>. <i>of</i> section 16 shall be the same as would be payable under the Court fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870), in respect of such an application to a District Judge beyond the limits of a Presidency-town, and fees for summonses and other processes in proceedings before the Chief Judge under sub-section <i>(3)</i> or sub-section <i>(4)</i> of that section shall be payable according to the scale set forth in the Fourth Schedule to the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882 (15 of 1882). <br><br>