Section 197B: Costs in exaggerated claims
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197B. Costs in exaggerated claims
Notwithstanding any other enactment where in any civil case, any Court
is of opinion that a claim for any sum of money was exaggerated and could
have appropriately been entered before a Court of lesser jurisdiction, the
Court may award costs in such manner as it shall determine.
[S. 197B inserted by Act 29 of 1990.]
[Issue 1] C54 – 54
Revised Laws of Mauritius
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- Can I be penalised in costs if I brought an exaggerated civil claim that should have gone to a lower court?