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MAGISTRATES COURT (CIVIL DIVISION) ACT 1992

- Act 27 of 1992 - Royal Assent 13 November 1992

Table of Provisions

Long Title

PART 1 - Preliminary

  • 1 Short title
  • 2 Commencement
  • 3 Interpretation

PART 2 - Establishment of Civil Division of the Magistrates Court

  • 4 Establishment of civil division
  • 5 Section 5
  • 6 Court to comprise a single magistrate

PART 3 - Civil Jurisdiction of Magistrates Court

  • 7 Monetary limit on jurisdiction
  • 7A Section 7A
  • 8 Common law jurisdiction
  • 9 Equitable jurisdiction
  • 10 Law and equity to be administered concurrently
  • 11 Consent jurisdiction
  • 12 Court may award costs where action or matter struck out for want
  • of jurisdiction
  • 13 Power of magistrate to sit in chambers
  • 13A Vexatious litigants
  • 13B Court may make application under Vexatious Proceedings Act 2011

PART 4 - Administration

  • 14 Duties of district registrars
  • 15 Bailiffs
  • 15A Assistant bailiffs
  • 16 Duties, &c., of bailiffs
  • 17 Section 17
  • 18 Bailiff not to be trespasser by reason of irregularity

PART 5 - Practice and Procedure Division 1 - Rules of Court

  • 19 Practice and procedure to be in accordance with rules of court
  • 20 Section 20
  • 21 Section 21
  • 22 Section 22

Division 2 - Interest on debts and judgments

  • 23 Interpretation of Division
  • 24 Section 24
  • 25 Power of Court to allow interest on debts, &c.
  • 26 Interest on judgments

Division 3 - Judgments and appeals

  • 27 Judgment
  • 28 Appeals to Supreme Court
  • 29 Order of review not to be made
  • 30 Transfer of proceedings into Supreme Court
  • 31 Questions reserved for opinion of Supreme Court

Division 4 - Minor civil claims

  • 31AA Proceedings to be in open court
  • 31AB Procedure for minor civil claims
  • 31AC Evidence and production of documents
  • 31AD Representation of parties
  • 31AE Contracting out prohibited
  • 31AF Costs, compensation and expenses
  • 31AG Estoppel

PART 6 - Execution

  • 31A Enforcement of judgments and orders
  • 32 Power of bailiff to interplead

PART 7 - Miscellaneous

  • 33 Costs
  • 34 Practitioners' charges
  • 35 Evidentiary provisions
  • 35A Expert reports
  • 36 Advocates
  • 37 Witnesses
  • 38 Fees
  • 38A Reduction or waiver of fee, &c.
  • 39 Appropriation of fees
  • 39A Mediators and conciliators protected from liability
  • 39B Rules of court
  • 40 Regulations
  • 41 Repeal
  • 42 Consequential amendments
  • 42A Transfer of residual court of request matters
  • 43 Savings and transitional provisions
  • 43A Transitional provision: rules of court
  • 44 Administration of Act
  • SCHEDULE 1

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