CPC: Preliminary

1. Section 1. Short title, commencement and extent
2. Section 2. Definitions
3. Section 3. Subordination of Courts
4. Section 4. Savings
5. Section 5. Application of the Code to Revenue Courts
6. Section 6. Pecuniary jurisdiction
7. Section 7. Provincial Small Cause Courts
8. Section 8. Presidency Small Cause Courts

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