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District Court
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Interest on judgments.
Ancillary powers of judge.
Extension of jurisdiction to grant injunctions and to make declarations.
45/355.4
(Cap. 116.)
Court is satisfied that there are special reasons why no interest should be given in respect of those damages. (Added, 100 of 1970, s. 2)
(5) Any order under this section may provide for interest to be calculated at different rates in respect of different parts of the period for which interest is given, whether that period is the whole or part of the period mentioned in subsection (1). (Added, 100 of 1970, s. 2)
(6) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that in determining for the purposes of any enactment contained in Part IV, whether an amount exceeds, or is less than, a sum specified in that Part, no account shall be taken of any power exercisable by virtue of this section or of any order made in the exercise of such a power. (Added, 100 of 1970, s. 2)
(7) In this section-
"personal injuries" includes any disease and any impairment of a person's physical or mental condition. (Added, 100 of 1970, s. 2)
50. A judgment debt shall carry interest at the rate fixed by the Chief Justice by notice published in the Gazette on the aggregate amount thereof, or on such part thereof as for the time being remains unsatisfied, from the date of the judgment until satisfaction. (22 of 1962, s. 19B, incorporated. Added, 6 of 1970, Schedule. Amended, 79 of 1981, s. 2)
51. A judge shall have jurisdiction in any proceedings pending in the Court to make any order or to exercise on an ex parte application any authority or jurisdiction which, if it related to an action or proceeding pending in the High Court, might be made or exercised by a judge of the High Court in chambers.
(22 of 1962, s. 20, incorporated)
52. (1) The Court shall have jurisdiction to grant and to enforce injunctions of whatsoever nature and as the case may require and to make binding declarations of right-
(a) in all matters affecting movable property, including money and choses in actions, where the amount or value thereof does not exceed $60,000, and (Amended, 68 of 1973, s. 2; 79 of 1981, s. 2 and L.N. 387/83)
(b) with respect to any apprehended distress; and
(c) in all matters affecting immovable property, including any right, licence or easement in, to, through or over any immovable property and any agreement, covenant or condition respecting immovable property, where the annual rent or the rateable value, determined in accordance with the provisions of the Rating Ordinance or the annual value, whichever is the less, of the property does not exceed $45,000; and (Amended, 68 of 1973, s. 3; 79 of 1981, s. 2 and L.N. 387/83)