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Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II CONSTITUTION

Part III APPOINTMENTS, POWERS AND DUTIES

Part IV JURISDICTION

Civil Jurisdiction of District Courts

Criminal Jurisdiction of District Courts

Jurisdiction of Magistrates’ Courts

Transfers of Civil Proceedings

Jurisdiction of Juvenile Courts

Part V ADMINISTRATION

Part VI SUPPLEMENTAL

THE SCHEDULE Forms of Oaths and Affirmations

Legislative History

Comparative Table

 
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On 26/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 26/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 26/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 02/01/2011.
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General power to transfer from High Court to subordinate courts
54C.
—(1)  A party to any civil proceedings pending in the High Court may for any sufficient reason at any time apply to the High Court for an order that the proceedings be transferred to a subordinate court.
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(2)  Subject to subsection (3), the High Court may, if it thinks fit, and on such terms as it sees fit, and either on its own motion or on application, order that the proceedings be transferred accordingly notwithstanding any other provision of this Act.
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(3)  An order under subsection (2) may only be made in respect of such proceedings as could have been commenced in the subordinate court to which the application relates, if the value of the claim had been within the District Court limit or the Magistrate’s Court limit, as the case may be.
Explanation.—The fact that the proceedings fall within the civil jurisdiction of the subordinate courts would not, by itself, ordinarily constitute sufficient reason for transferring the proceedings to the subordinate courts, if enforcement overseas is intended of any judgment obtained in the High Court under any enforcement arrangements currently in force.
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