MAGISTRATES COURT (CIVIL DIVISION) ACT 1992
- Act 27 of 1992 - Royal Assent 13 November 1992Table of Provisions
Long TitlePART 1 - Preliminary
PART 2 - Establishment of Civil Division of the Magistrates Court
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
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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