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.