(1)

If, before or on the hearing of an appeal under section 217, any question of law or usage having the force of law, or the construction of a document arises, the Chief Judge of the Small Cause Court may, and on the application of any party to the appeal shall, draw up a statement of the facts of the case and the question so arising, and refer the statement with his own opinion on the point for the decision of the High Court.

(2)

Where a reference is made to the High Court under sub-section (1), the provisions of Rules 2 to 5, both inclusive, of Order XLVI in the First Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, shall, so far as they can be made applicable, apply to the said Chief Judge and to the High Court, respectively.]