10ARemoval of matters from Magistrates Court (Civil Division) to Supreme Court

### 10A Removal of matters from Magistrates Court (Civil Division) to Supreme Court > *\[Section 10A Inserted by No. 61 of 1965, s. 8 \]* > > > (1)  [*\[Section 10A Subsection (1) amended by No. 13 of 2012, s. 46, Applied:30 May 2012\]*](/view/html/inforce/2012-05-30/act-2012-013#GS46@Hpb@EN) Where– > > > > > > (a) [*\[Section 10A Subsection (1) amended by No. 73 of 1993, Sched. 1, Applied:30 Mar 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-03-30/act-1993-073#JS1@Ja3@GC4@Hpj@EN) [*\[Section 10A Subsection (1) amended by No. 13 of 2012, s. 46, Applied:30 May 2012\]*](/view/html/inforce/2012-05-30/act-2012-013#GS46@Hpa@EN) an action to which [section 7](#GS7@EN) or [section 7A](#GS7A@EN) relates is brought in the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) the magistrate before whom that court is held; or > > > > > > > (b) [*\[Section 10A Subsection (1) amended by No. 73 of 1993, Sched. 1, Applied:30 Mar 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-03-30/act-1993-073#JS1@Ja3@GC4@Hpk@EN) [*\[Section 10A Subsection (1) amended by No. 73 of 1993, Sched. 1, Applied:30 Mar 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-03-30/act-1993-073#JS1@Ja3@GC3@EN) an application is made to a magistrate under [section 8](#GS8@EN) , or [section 9](#GS9@EN) , or [section 10](#GS10@EN) , the magistrate – > > > > if he is of the opinion that any of the matters in question between the parties would be more properly dealt with by the Supreme Court, shall proceed no further with the hearing of the application and in such a case the action or application shall, by virtue of this section, be deemed to be removed to the Supreme Court, and all documents filed therein shall be transmitted by the registrar of the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) to the Registrar of the Supreme Court. > > > (2)  Where an action or application is removed to the Supreme Court under this section, that Court or a judge shall proceed as if the action had originally been commenced therein or the application had originally been made to a judge, and all subsequent proceedings shall be according to the course and practice of that Court.