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Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction).

the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section. Until such rules shall be made, the provisions of section 9

[CAP. 5

of the Crown Remedies Ordinance, 1875, and the forms in (6 of 1875). the Schedule to that Ordinance shall remain in force. [11A

jurisdiction

11. It shall be lawful for the Supreme Court to exercise a summary jurisdiction in equity in the actions or matters in respect of hereinafter mentioned-

(a) in all actions by creditors, legatees, (whether specific, pecuniary, or residuary), devisees, or next of kin, in which the personal estate against or for an account or administration of which the demand is made does not exceed in amount or value the sum of *one thousand dollars;

(b) in all actions for the execution of trusts, in which the trust estate or fund does not exceed in amount or value the sum of *one thousand dollars;

(c) in all actions for foreclosure or redemption or for enforcing any charge or lien, where the mortgage, charge, or lien does not exceed in amount the sum of *one thousand dollars;

(d) in all actions for the specific performance, or for the re-forming, delivering up, or cancelling, of any agreement for the sale, purchase, or lease of any property, where, in the case of a sale or purchase, the purchase money, or, in the case of a lease, the value of the property, does not exceed the sum of *one thousand dollars;

(e) in all actions for the dissolution or winding-up of any partnership, in which the whole property, stock, and credits of the partnership do not exceed in amount or value the sum of *one thousand dollars; and

(f) in all proceedings for orders in the nature of injunctions, where the same are requisite for granting relief in any matter in which equitable jurisdiction is given to the court by this Ordinance:

Provided always, that, on the day of trial specified in the writ of summons, the judge may make a preliminary inquiry into the claim, and, if satisfied that the case is within the provisions of this section, may make such orders and give

* Increased to $5,000 by Ordinance 35 of 1950.

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equitable claims.


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[CAP. 5of the Crown Remedies Ordinance, 1875, and the forms in (6 of 1875). the Schedule to that Ordinance shall remain in force. [11Ajurisdiction11. It shall be lawful for the Supreme Court to exercise a summary jurisdiction in equity in the actions or matters in respect of hereinafter mentioned-(a) in all actions by creditors, legatees, (whether specific, pecuniary, or residuary), devisees, or next of kin, in which the personal estate against or for an account or administration of which the demand is made does not exceed in amount or value the sum of *one thousand dollars;(b) in all actions for the execution of trusts, in which the trust estate or fund does not exceed in amount or value the sum of *one thousand dollars;(c) in all actions for foreclosure or redemption or for enforcing any charge or lien, where the mortgage, charge, or lien does not exceed in amount the sum of *one thousand dollars;(d) in all actions for the specific performance, or for the re-forming, delivering up, or cancelling, of any agreement for the sale, purchase, or lease of any property, where, in the case of a sale or purchase, the purchase money, or, in the case of a lease, the value of the property, does not exceed the sum of *one thousand dollars;(e) in all actions for the dissolution or winding-up of any partnership, in which the whole property, stock, and credits of the partnership do not exceed in amount or value the sum of *one thousand dollars; and(f) in all proceedings for orders in the nature of injunctions, where the same are requisite for granting relief in any matter in which equitable jurisdiction is given to the court by this Ordinance:Provided always, that, on the day of trial specified in the writ of summons, the judge may make a preliminary inquiry into the claim, and, if satisfied that the case is within the provisions of this section, may make such orders and give* Increased to $5,000 by Ordinance 35 of 1950.163equitable claims.Page 5Page 6
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[CAP. 5of the Crown Remedies Ordinance, 1875, and the forms in (6 of 1875). the Schedule to that Ordinance shall remain in force. [11Ajurisdiction11. It shall be lawful for the Supreme Court to exerciseSummary a summary jurisdiction in equity in the actions or matters in respect of hereinafter mentioned-(a) in all actions by creditors, legatees, (whether specific, pecuniary, or residuary), devisees, or next of kin, in which the personal estate against or for an account or administration of which the demand is made does not exceed in amount or value the sum of *one thousand dollars;(b) in all actions for the execution of trusts, in which the trust estate or fund does not exceed in amount or value the sum of *one thousand dollars;(c) in all actions for foreclosure or redemption or for enforcing any charge or lien, where the mortgage, charge, or lien does not exceed in amount the sum of *one thousand dollars;(d) in all actions for the specific performance, or for the re-forming, delivering up, or cancelling, of any agreement for the sale, purchase, or lease of any property, where, in the case of a sale or purchase, the purchase money, or, in the case of a lease, the value of the property, does not exceed the sum of *one thousand dollars;(e) in all actions for the dissolution or winding-up of any partnership, in which the whole property, stock, and credits of the partnership do not exceed in amount or value the sum of *one thousand dollars; and() in all proceedings for orders in the nature of injunc- tions, where the same are requisite for granting relief in any matter in which equitable jurisdiction is given to the court by this Ordinance:Provided always, that, on the day of trial specified in the writ of summons, the judge may make a preliminary inquiry into the claim, and, if satisfied that the case is within the provisions of this section, may make such orders and give* Increased to $5,000 by Ordinance 35 of 1950.163equitable claims.Page 5Page 6
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Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction).

the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section. Until such rules shall be made, the provisions of section 9

[CAP. 5

of the Crown Remedies Ordinance, 1875, and the forms in (6 of 1875). the Schedule to that Ordinance shall remain in force. [11A

jurisdiction

11. It shall be lawful for the Supreme Court to exercise Summary a summary jurisdiction in equity in the actions or matters in respect of hereinafter mentioned-

(a) in all actions by creditors, legatees, (whether specific, pecuniary, or residuary), devisees, or next of kin, in which the personal estate against or for an account or administration of which the demand is made does not exceed in amount or value the sum of *one thousand dollars;

(b) in all actions for the execution of trusts, in which the trust estate or fund does not exceed in amount or value the sum of *one thousand dollars; (c) in all actions for foreclosure or redemption or for enforcing any charge or lien, where the mortgage, charge, or lien does not exceed in amount the sum of *one thousand dollars;

(d) in all actions for the specific performance, or for the re-forming, delivering up, or cancelling, of any agreement for the sale, purchase, or lease of any property, where, in the case of a sale or purchase, the purchase money, or, in the case of a lease, the value of the property, does not exceed the sum of *one thousand dollars;

(e) in all actions for the dissolution or winding-up of any partnership, in which the whole property, stock, and credits of the partnership do not exceed in amount or value the sum of *one thousand dollars; and

() in all proceedings for orders in the nature of injunc- tions, where the same are requisite for granting relief in any matter in which equitable jurisdiction is given to the court by this Ordinance: Provided always, that, on the day of trial specified in the writ of summons, the judge may make a preliminary inquiry into the claim, and, if satisfied that the case is within the provisions of this section, may make such orders and give

* Increased to $5,000 by Ordinance 35 of 1950.

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equitable claims.

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