Preamble. —WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Kerala Civil Courts Act, 1957, for the purposes hereinafter appearing;

           BE it enacted in the Forty-seventh year of the Republic of India as f ollows:—

           1. Short title and commencement. —(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Civil Courts (Amendment) Act 1996.

            (2) It shall come into force at once.

           2•  Amendment of section 11. —In sub-section (2) of section 11 of the Kerala Civil Courts Act 1957 (1 of 1957) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for the words "fifteen thousand rupees", the words" one lakh rupees" shall be substituted.

           3•  Amendment of section 13. —In sub-section (1) of section 13 of the principal Act, for the words "twenty-five thousand rupees", the words "two lakhs rupees" shall be substituted.