sec.69Powers of District Court

### sec.69 Powers of District Court Subject to this Act and to the rules of court, the District Court has, for the purposes of exercising the jurisdiction conferred by this part, all the powers and authorities of the Supreme Court, including the powers and authorities conferred on the Supreme Court by an Act, and may in any proceeding in like manner and to like extent— grant such relief or remedy; and make any order, including an order for attachment or committal in consequence of disobedience to an order; and give effect to every ground of defence or matter of set-off whether equitable or legal; as may and ought to be done in like cases by a judge of the Supreme Court. the power of the Supreme Court under the Land Title Act 1994 , section 127 (Removing a caveat) to order that a caveat be removed Without affecting the generality of subsection (1) , the District Court shall, in any proceedings in which jurisdiction is conferred under this part, have power to grant relief— by way of a declaration of rights of the parties; and by way of injunction, whether interim, interlocutory or final, in the proceedings; and by staying the proceedings or part thereof; and by appointing a receiver including an interim receiver. To remove any doubt, it is declared that the District Court may grant a Mareva injunction or Anton Piller order in proceedings in which jurisdiction is conferred under this part. The appropriate officer of the District Court shall, in addition to any duties otherwise imposed on the officer, discharge— any duty which an officer of the Supreme Court would be required under the practice of the Supreme Court to discharge in the like circumstances; and any duty imposed on the officer by any order of the court. For the purposes of subsection (4) the appropriate officer of the District Court shall have the powers of the relevant officer of the Supreme Court. s 69 amd 1976 No. 19 s 6 sub 1989 No. 40 s 6 amd 1998 No. 20 s 27 sch 2 ; 2002 No. 34 s 10 sch 1 ; 2004 No. 43 s 3 sch ; 2010 No. 42 s 30 sch ; 2010 No. 26 s 50 (sec.69-ssec.1) Subject to this Act and to the rules of court, the District Court has, for the purposes of exercising the jurisdiction conferred by this part, all the powers and authorities of the Supreme Court, including the powers and authorities conferred on the Supreme Court by an Act, and may in any proceeding in like manner and to like extent— grant such relief or remedy; and make any order, including an order for attachment or committal in consequence of disobedience to an order; and give effect to every ground of defence or matter of set-off whether equitable or legal; as may and ought to be done in like cases by a judge of the Supreme Court. the power of the Supreme Court under the Land Title Act 1994 , section 127 (Removing a caveat) to order that a caveat be removed (sec.69-ssec.2) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1) , the District Court shall, in any proceedings in which jurisdiction is conferred under this part, have power to grant relief— by way of a declaration of rights of the parties; and by way of injunction, whether interim, interlocutory or final, in the proceedings; and by staying the proceedings or part thereof; and by appointing a receiver including an interim receiver. (sec.69-ssec.3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the District Court may grant a Mareva injunction or Anton Piller order in proceedings in which jurisdiction is conferred under this part. (sec.69-ssec.4) The appropriate officer of the District Court shall, in addition to any duties otherwise imposed on the officer, discharge— any duty which an officer of the Supreme Court would be required under the practice of the Supreme Court to discharge in the like circumstances; and any duty imposed on the officer by any order of the court. (sec.69-ssec.5) For the purposes of subsection (4) the appropriate officer of the District Court shall have the powers of the relevant officer of the Supreme Court. - (a) grant such relief or remedy; and - (b) make any order, including an order for attachment or committal in consequence of disobedience to an order; and - (c) give effect to every ground of defence or matter of set-off whether equitable or legal; - (a) by way of a declaration of rights of the parties; and - (b) by way of injunction, whether interim, interlocutory or final, in the proceedings; and - (c) by staying the proceedings or part thereof; and - (d) by appointing a receiver including an interim receiver. - (a) any duty which an officer of the Supreme Court would be required under the practice of the Supreme Court to discharge in the like circumstances; and - (b) any duty imposed on the officer by any order of the court.