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MAGISTRATES COURT ACT 1991 - SECT 19

MAGISTRATES COURT ACT 1991 - SECT 19

19—Transfer of proceedings between courts

        (1)         The District Court may order—

            (a)         that civil proceedings commenced in the Magistrates Court be transferred to the District Court; or

            (b)         that civil proceedings commenced in the District Court (but which lie within the jurisdiction of the Magistrates Court) be transferred to the Magistrates Court.

        (2)         A Magistrate may order that civil proceedings commenced in the Magistrates Court be transferred to the District Court.

        (2a)         If civil or criminal proceedings in the Supreme Court lie within the jurisdiction of the Magistrates Court, and would, in the opinion of the Supreme Court, be more conveniently or appropriately heard and determined by the Magistrates Court, the Supreme Court may order the transfer of the proceedings accordingly.

        (3)         Where proceedings have been transferred under this section, they may be continued and completed as if steps taken in the proceedings prior to the transfer had been taken in the court to which they are transferred.