44DTransfer of documents

44D Transfer of documents

*[Section 44D Inserted by No. 5 of 1992, s. 11 ]**[Section 44D Amended by No. 33 of 1995, s. 12 ]*Where, under section 44 , 44A or 44AA a court transfers a proceeding, or an application in a proceeding, to another court –

(a) the Registrar or other proper officer of the first-mentioned court must transmit to the Registrar or other proper officer of the other court all documents filed in the first-mentioned court in respect of the proceeding or application, as the case may be; and

(b) the other court must proceed as if –

(i) the proceeding had been originally instituted in the other court; and

(ii) the same proceedings had been taken in the other court as were taken in the first-mentioned court; and

(iii) in a case where an application is transferred – the application had been made in the other court.