6How jurisdiction to be exercised

6 How jurisdiction to be exercised

(1)  *[Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by 25 Geo. V No. 60, s. 2 ]*Except as is otherwise provided by this Act, all the jurisdiction, whether original or appellate, which immediately before the commencement of this Act was vested in or capable of being exercised by the Court, or by any one or more of the judges thereof sitting in court or chambers, or elsewhere when acting as judges, or a judge by, under, or by virtue of any Imperial Act or the Charter of Justice or any Act of the Parliament of Tasmania, shall be exercised (so far as regards procedure and practice) in the manner provided by this Act and the Rules of Court ; but where no provision, or no appropriate provision, as to the exercise of any such jurisdiction is contained in this Act or in the Rules of Court such jurisdiction shall be exercised as nearly as may be in the same manner as the same might have been exercised if this Act had not passed.

(2)  Except as is otherwise provided by this Act, and subject to the provisions of any Commonwealth Act, all the jurisdiction, whether original or appellate, which immediately before the commencement of this Act was vested in or capable of being exercised by the Court, or any one or more of the judges thereof sitting in court or chambers, or elsewhere when acting as judges, or a judge by, under, or by virtue of any Commonwealth Act, shall be exercised (so far as regards procedure and practice) in the manner provided by this Act and the Rules of Court ; but where no provision, or no appropriate provision, as to the exercise of any such jurisdiction is contained in this Act or in the Rules of Court , such jurisdiction shall be exercised as nearly as may be in the same manner as the same might have been exercised if this Act had not passed.

(3)  Any jurisdiction, whether original or appellate, which is conferred on or vested in the Court, or any one or more of the judges thereof sitting in court or chambers, or elsewhere when acting as judges, or a judge by, under, or by virtue of any statute passed after the commencement of this Act, shall (except as otherwise provided by any such statute) be exercised (so far as regards procedure and practice) in the manner provided by this Act and the Rules of Court ; or if no provision, or no appropriate provision, as to the exercise of any such jurisdiction is contained in this Act or in the , then such jurisdiction shall be exercised in such form, mode, and manner as the Court or a judge may direct.