Transfer of action

(1) If, on the hearing of any application for that purpose, the magistrate is satisfied by either party to any action pending in the court that the action can be more conveniently or fairly heard in some other court of like jurisdiction, he may order that it be transferred to that court. (2) In that case, the clerk of the court in which the action was commenced shall forthwith transmit, by post or otherwise, to the clerk of the court to which it is to be sent, a certified copy of all the proceedings therein, and the magistrate of the last-mentioned court shall appoint a day for the hearing, notice whereof shall be sent, by post or otherwise, by the clerk of that court to all parties interested, and thenceforth all proceedings in the action shall be taken in that court as if the action had been commenced therein.