### sec.240 Transfer of proceedings If a magistrate constituting the Childrens Court is of the opinion a proceeding before the magistrate should be heard by the court constituted by a magistrate at another place, the magistrate may order that the proceeding be transferred to the court constituted by a magistrate at the other place. A magistrate may act under subsection (1) on the magistrate’s own initiative or on the application of a party to the proceeding. (sec.240-ssec.1) If a magistrate constituting the Childrens Court is of the opinion a proceeding before the magistrate should be heard by the court constituted by a magistrate at another place, the magistrate may order that the proceeding be transferred to the court constituted by a magistrate at the other place. (sec.240-ssec.2) A magistrate may act under subsection (1) on the magistrate’s own initiative or on the application of a party to the proceeding.

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