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Section 104: Civil jurisdiction

Courts Act · PART III: INTERMEDIATE COURT AND DISTRICT COURTS

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104. Civil jurisdiction (1) Subject to this Part, the Intermediate Court or a District Court shall have jurisdiction in all civil cases where the sum or matter in dispute, whether in balance of account or otherwise, does not exceed the prescribed amount, exclusive of interest and costs. (2) The jurisdiction conferred upon the Intermediate Court or a District Court by subsection (1) shall include the power to make such orders and to issue such warrants or other process as may be necessary for the enforcement of the rights of the parties and no order made or warrant or process issued under this subsection shall be deemed invalid by reason only that it is in the nature of a mandatory injunction or other equitable remedy. (3) Orders in the nature of an injunction and all orders within the competence of the Intermediate Court or a District Court, as the case may be, which, if they were made in an action or matter in the Supreme Court, could in that Court be enforced by attachment or committal, may be enforced by order of the Intermediate Court or District Court, as the case may be, by attachment or committal.

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