Pandrang Row, J.

1. This is an appeal from the order of the City Civil Judge, Madras,, returning the plaint in O.S. No. 566 of 1932 for presentation to the proper Court The plaintiff sued for four reliefs. Two of them related to the copyright claimed by him in a certain book known as "Gopal New Tamil Reader No. 1," and so far as these reliefs were concerned the learned City Civil Judge was of opinion that he had no jurisdiction to grant these reliefs, and his view is obviously correct. "Under Section 13, Copyright Act, every suit or other civil proceeding regarding infringement of copyright shall be instituted and tried in the High Court or the Court of the District Judge. The City Civil Court does-not come under either of these categories-and it is obvious that the City Civil Court had no jurisdiction. Section 3, City Civil Court Act, which constituted the Court does not avoid the effect of a specific provision like Section 13, Copyright Act. Section 3, City Civil Court Act, gives general jurisdiction to the City Civil Court, but the Copyright Act which deals with the special subject matter of copyright clearly restricts jurisdiction to hear a suit or proceeding relating to