TRADE MARKS ACT 1994 No. 156 of 1994 - SECT 203 Transfer of proceedings

TRADE MARKS ACT 1994 No. 156 of 1994 - SECT 203

203.(1) A prescribed court in which an action or proceeding under this Act has
been started may, on the application of a party made at any stage, by an
order, transfer the action or proceeding to another prescribed court having
jurisdiction to hear and determine the action or proceeding.

(2) When a court transfers an action or proceeding to another court:

   (a)  all relevant documents of record filed in the transferring court must
        be sent to the other court by the Registrar or other appropriate
        officer of the transferring court; and

   (b)  the action or proceeding must continue in the other court as if:

        (i)    it had been started there; and

        (ii)   all steps taken in the transferring court had been taken in the
               other court.