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1430 Transfer of proceeding from Supreme Court to
Magistrates Court—application
(1) The Supreme Court may, on application by a party to a proceeding
started in the Supreme Court or its own initiative, order that the
proceeding be transferred to the Magistrates Court.
(2) The Court may make an order under subsection (1) only if satisfied
(a) the amount claimed (whether initially or as reduced by payment,
admitted set-off or otherwise) is not more than the amount for
which the Magistrates Court has jurisdiction to decide; and
(b) the proceeding could properly have been started in the
Magistrates Court; and
(c) the Court considers it just to do so.