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Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932
190Transfer for purpose of application
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### 190 Transfer for purpose of application
> > (1) When any party to an original proceeding desires to make an application therein to a judge, and no judge is present in the place where the registry in which the original proceeding is pending is situated, the party may lodge with the registrar at that registry a request that the original proceeding be transferred, for the purpose of the application only, to some other registry at a place where a judge is present, or is appointed to, or is expected to, sit; and the original proceeding shall thereupon, without any order, be transferred accordingly.
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> > (2) The registrar shall thereupon transmit the request to such other registry, with such documents as are necessary for the purpose of the application.
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> > (3) The application may then be heard and disposed of at such other registry, and as soon as it has been disposed of the original proceeding shall, without further order, be retransferred to the first-mentioned registry, and all documents relating to it shall be retransmitted to that registry.
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> > (4) No fee shall be payable in respect of any such transfer or retransfer.
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> > (5) In any of the cases mentioned in this section, if the application is to be made upon notice to any person, the notice may be given of the application to be made before the Court or a judge at the registry to which the original proceeding is transferred, on a day to be fixed by the registrar of the first-mentioned registry.