Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Corporations (Victoria) Act 1990 - SECT 42B

Jurisdiction of lower courts

42B. Jurisdiction of lower courts





(1) Subject to section 9 of the
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 of the Commonwealth,
jurisdiction is conferred on the lower courts of Victoria and of each other
State and the Capital Territory with respect to civil matters, other than
superior court matters, arising under the Corporations Law of Victoria.

(2) The jurisdiction conferred on a lower court by subsection (1)-

   (a)  is subject to the court's general jurisdictional limits, so far as
        they relate to the amounts, or the value of property, with which
        the court may deal; but

   (b)  is not subject to the court's other jurisdictional limits.