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District Court Act 1973
134Jurisdiction in equity proceedings
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#### 134 Jurisdiction in equity proceedings
134 Jurisdiction in equity proceedings
> > (1) The Court shall have the same jurisdiction as the Supreme Court, and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Supreme Court, in proceedings for—
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> > > (a) the foreclosure or redemption of a mortgage or the enforcing of any charge or lien where the amount owing in respect of the mortgage, charge or lien does not exceed $100,000, as determined by the Court,
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> > > (b) the specific performance, rectification, delivery up or cancellation of any agreement for—
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> > > > (i) the sale or purchase of any property at a price not exceeding $100,000, or
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> > > > (ii) the lease of any property the value of which does not exceed $100,000, as determined by the Court,
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> > > (c) an order under section 3 of the [Testator’s Family Maintenance and Guardianship of Infants Act 1916](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1916-041) (as in force immediately before that Act was amended by the [Succession Amendment (Intestacy) Act 2009](/view/html/repealed/current/act-2009-029)) or a family provision order under Chapter 3 of the [Succession Act 2006](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2006-080),
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> > > (d) relief against fraud or mistake where the damage sustained or the estate or fund in respect of which relief is sought does not exceed $100,000 in amount or value, as determined by the Court,
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> > > (e) the execution of a trust or a declaration that a trust subsists, where the estate or fund subject or alleged to be subject to the trust does not exceed $100,000 in amount or value, as determined by the Court, or
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> > > (f) the administration of the estate of a deceased person, where the estate does not exceed $100,000 in amount or value, as determined by the Court, or
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> > > (g) any application under the [Property (Relationships) Act 1984](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1984-147), or
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> > > (h) any equitable claim or demand for recovery of money or damages, whether liquidated or unliquidated (not being a claim or demand of a kind to which any other paragraph of this subsection applies), in an amount not exceeding the Court’s jurisdictional limit.
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> > (2) In any proceedings pursuant to subsection (1) (c), the Court shall not have power to make an order for provision under the [Testator’s Family Maintenance and Guardianship of Infants Act 1916](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1916-041) (as in force immediately before that Act was amended by the [Succession Amendment (Intestacy) Act 2009](/view/html/repealed/current/act-2009-029)) or Chapter 3 of the [Succession Act 2006](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2006-080) that will or may result in the amount of provision so made exceeding $250,000.
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> > (3) In any proceedings pursuant to subsection (1) (g), the Court has no power to make an order for financial adjustment under Part 3 of the [Property (Relationships) Act 1984](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1984-147) that will or may result in the amount of the adjustment so made exceeding $250,000.
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> **s 134:** Am 1984 No 170, Sch 8 (9); 1989 No 169, Sch 3 (5); 1997 No 58, Sch 1 \[7\]–\[9\]; 1999 No 4, Sch 2.8 \[1\] \[2\]; 2005 No 28, Sch 5.12 \[24\]; 2008 No 75, Sch 2.2 \[1\] \[2\]; 2009 No 29, Sch 2.3; 2022 No 72, Sch 1\[2\].