1984 Ed.]
District Court
[CAP. 336
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Provided that the Court shall not, except as is provided in this Ordinance or by any other enactment, have jurisdiction to hear and determine--
(a) any action for the recovery of land; or
(b) any action in which the title to any hereditament is in
question.
(2) The Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action where the debt or demand claimed consists of a balance not exceeding $60,000 after a set-off of any debt or demand claimed or recoverable by the defendant from the plaintiff, being a set-off admitted by the plaintiff in the particulars of his claim or demand.
(22 of 1962, s. 3, incorporated. Amended, 35 of 1966, s. 2; 68 of 1973, s. 2; 79 of 1981, s. 2 and L.N.387/83)
33. (1) The Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action for the recovery of any penalty, expenses, contribution or other like demand which is recoverable by virtue of any enactment for the time being in force and for the recovery of any sum which is declared by any enactment to be recoverable as a civil debt if
(a) it is not expressly provided by that or any other enactment that the demand shall be recoverable only in some other court; and
(b) the amount claimed in the action does not exceed $60,000. (Amended, 35 of 1966, s. 2; 68 of 1973, s. 2; 79 of 1981, s. 2 and L.N.387/83)
(2) For the purposes of this section, "penalty" shall not include a fine to which any person is liable on conviction on indictment or on summary conviction.
(22 of 1962, s. 4, incorporated)
34. (1) Where a plaintiff has a cause of action for more than $60,000 in which, if it were for not more than $60,000, the Court would have jurisdiction, the plaintiff may abandon the excess, and thereupon the Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the action, so, however, that the plaintiff shall not recover in the
action an amount exceeding $60,000.(Amended, 35 of 1966, s. 2; 68 of 1973, s. 2; 79 of 1981, s. 2 and L.N.387/83)
(2) Where the Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine an action by virtue of this section, the judgment of the Court in the action shall be in full discharge of all demands in respect of the cause of action, and entry of the judgment shall be deemed to be made accordingly.
(22 of 1962, s. 5, incorporated)
35. Subject to the provisions of Part I of the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance, the Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action for the recovery of land where the annual rent or the rateable value, determined in accordance with the
Money recoverable by enactment.
Abandonment of part claim to give court jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction for recovery of land. (Cap. 7.)