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Change of venue
Cap. 91, s. 52 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Notwithstanding sections 50 and 51, the Court may order any civil or criminal cause or matter to be transferred from one district to another whenever it is made to appear by affidavit or otherwise thatvenue. 27 of 1960. 32
(a) there is reason to believe that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the district in which it had commenced;
(b) the convenience of witnesses and the ends of justice will be promoted by such transfer; or
(c) there is any other good and sufficient reason for such transfer.
(2) Notwithstanding section 48(2), the Court may by order direct that the trial of any case which is transferred to the Central District under the said section 48, shall be retransferred to the District in which such case was originally for trial if it shall be made to appear that there is any good and sufficient reason for so doing.
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