PROPERTY LAW ACT 1974 - SECT 149 Court’s powers in proceeding under this division

PROPERTY LAW ACT 1974 - SECT 149

149 Court’s powers in proceeding under this division

(1) The powers conferred on a court by this division are in addition to the powers (including any power of amending a complaint) of the court under the Justices Act 1886 .

(2) In respect of a proceeding under this division upon a complaint that includes a claim for the recovery of possession of land the court shall have and may exercise all or any of its powers as if the proceeding were upon a complaint for a breach of duty.

(3) In respect of a claim for rent or mesne profits made before it by way of complaint under this division the court shall have and may exercise all or any of the powers conferred by the Magistrates Courts Act 1921 on a Magistrates Court constituted by the person or persons who constitute the court in the proceeding in which the claim is made.

(4) An order made in a proceeding under this division for the payment of money (including by way of costs) shall, for the purposes of the enforcement of the order, be deemed to have been made by a Magistrates Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction under the Magistrates Courts Act 1921 and shall be enforced accordingly and not otherwise.