(1)The District Judge shall have jurisdiction in granting and revoking probates and letters of administration in all cases within his district.
(2)Except incrases to which section 57 applies, no Court in any local area beyond the limits ofthe towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bomba1*** shall, where the deceased is a Hindu,Muhammadan,Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina or an exempted person, receive applications for probate or letters ofadministration until the State Government has, by a notification in the Official Gazette, authorised it so to do.