Section 102: Change of venue

102. Change of venue (1) (a) Any Judge may, upon the application by or on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions, any District Magistrate or any private party to any cause or matter, civil or criminal, pending before a District Court, order, if he is satisfied that the interests of justice so require, that the venue of the cause or matter be transferred from that District Court to any other District Court. (b) No change of venue shall be authorised if the trial of any cause or matter has begun on the merits. (2) Any Judge’s order under subsection (1) shall be subject to such conditions as the Judge thinks fit to impose and shall be final and conclusive. (3) Any District Magistrate shall, on receiving notice of a Judge’s order under subsection (1), stay all proceedings in relation to the cause or matter referred to in the order and shall forward the original warrants, informations, plaints, summonses, process or other documents before him to the District Court to which the cause or matter has been transferred. (4) The warrants, informations, plaints, summonses, process or documents forwarded to a District Court under subsection (3) shall be deemed to have been issued, received or entered in the District Court to which they have been forwarded. [Issue 1] C54 – 26 Revised Laws of Mauritius