Section 26: Power to Transfer Cause or Matter to Magistrate's Courts.

Where in the opinion of a Judge of the court any cause or matter before him is such as will be heard and determined or disposed of more expeditiously by a magistrate's court, the Judge of the court may, subject to the provisions of this Act, at his discretion order that such cause or matter be heard and determined by a magistrate's court exercising jurisdiction in the state in which the cause of action pertaining thereto arose, or in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja as the case may be, in accordance with Rules of Court made under section 44 of this Act, and the magistrate's court shall have jurisdiction for the hearing and determination of such cause or matter and may exercise powers in relation thereto (within the limits of its general powers) as if original jurisdiction had been conferred upon it by virtue of this Act.