40HTransfer of proceedings

##### 40H Transfer of proceedings (1) A prescribed court in which an action or proceeding has been instituted under this Act may, if the court thinks fit, upon application of a party made at any stage in the action or proceeding, by order, transfer the action or proceeding to another prescribed court having jurisdiction to hear and determine the action or proceeding. (2) Where an action or proceeding is transferred from a court in pursuance of this section: (a) all documents filed of record in that court shall be transmitted by the Registrar or other proper officer of that court to the Registrar or other proper officer of the court to which the action or proceeding is transferred; and (b) the court to which the action or proceeding is transferred shall proceed as if the action or proceeding had been originally instituted in that court and as if the same proceedings had been taken in that court as had been taken in the court from which the action or proceeding was transferred.