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SUPREME COURT ACT 1935 - SECT 17

SUPREME COURT ACT 1935 - SECT 17

17—General jurisdiction

        (1)         The court shall be a court of law and equity.

        (2)         Subject to subsection (3), there is vested in the court in its General Division—

            (a)         the like jurisdiction, in and for the State, as was formerly vested in, or capable of being exercised by, all or any of the courts in England, following:

                  (i)         The High Court of Chancery, both as a common law court and as a court of equity:

                  (ii)         The Court of Queen's Bench:

                  (iii)         The Court of Common Pleas at Westminster:

                  (iv)         The Court of Exchequer both as a court of revenue and as a court of common law:

                  (v)         The courts created by commissions of assize:

            (b)         such other jurisdiction, whether original or appellate, as is vested in, or capable of being exercised by the court:

            (c)         such other jurisdiction as is in this Act conferred upon the court.

        (3)         The court does not, in its General Division, have jurisdiction in respect of the matters that are, under section 19B, to be heard and determined by the Court of Appeal.