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FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 44

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 44

44 .         Transfer of proceedings to another court — FLA s. 45(2)

        (1)         Without limiting section 43, if in the exercise of its jurisdiction it appears to the Court or to the Magistrates Court that it is in the interests of justice, or of convenience to the parties, that the proceedings before it be dealt with in another court, the Court or the Magistrates Court, as the case may be, may, on its own motion or otherwise, transfer the proceedings to the other court.

        (2)         A transfer under subsection (1) may be made on the application of any party to the proceedings.

        [Section 44 amended: No. 25 of 2002 s. 53; No. 59 of 2004 s. 95.]