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Magistrates Courts Act 1921
sec.5Abandonment of excess etc.
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### sec.5 Abandonment of excess etc.
A Magistrates Court shall have jurisdiction in a personal action if the original claim is reduced to the prescribed limit, or less, by payment, abandonment of excess, or otherwise, or by deducting any sum for which the plaintiff gives the defendant credit upon the plaint being entered.
s 5 (prev s 4(2)) amd 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 32 s 2(a); 1976 No. 19 s 17 (a) ; 1982 No. 51 s 7 ; 1989 No. 40 s 19 ; 1993 No. 39 s 4
renum 1993 No. 39 s 3 sch
amd 1995 No. 23 s 17 sch 2 ; 1997 No. 38 s 73 ; 2010 No. 26 s 102