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Court may refuse an order in cases more fit for the Supreme Court

Cap. 175, s. 18 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) If, in the opinion of a court of summary jurisdiction, the matters in question between the parties or any of them would be more conveniently dealt with by the Supreme Court, the court of summary jurisdiction may refuse to make an order, and in such case no appeal shall lie from the decision of the court of summary jurisdiction. (2) The Supreme Court or a judge thereof shall have power by order in any proceeding in the Supreme Court relating to or comprising the same subject matter as the application refused under sub-section (1), or any part thereof, to direct the court of summary jurisdiction to rehear and determine that matter.
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