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Magistrates Courts Act 1921
sec.6Splitting debt by giving bills etc.
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### sec.6 Splitting debt by giving bills etc.
If a defendant has given 2 or more bills of exchange, promissory notes, bonds, or other securities, for a debt or sum originally exceeding the prescribed limit, the plaintiff may sue separately upon each of the securities not exceeding the prescribed limit as forming a distinct cause of action.
s 6 (prev s 4(3)) 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 1997 No. 38 s 73 ; 2010 No. 26 s 103