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Magistrates Court Act 1930
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261 Disputed debts
(1) The Magistrates Court may, in a proceeding in the court, declare
(a) a person is or is not indebted to someone else; or
(b) a person is or is not indebted to someone else in a stated amount;
or
(c) a person is or is not indebted to someone else in an amount that
is more than a stated amount.
(2) This section applies only in relation to a debt that is not more than
$250 000.