Section 19: Power of transfer in certain cases.
(1) This section shall apply to any cause or matter which is in respect of any of the matters mentioned in section 232(1) of the Constitution.
(2) The Supreme Court may order any cause or matter which is before it to be transferred to a High Court or magistrate's court having ordinary jurisdiction in the place where the cause of action arose and power to grant the relief sought, for hearing and determining, or to be otherwise disposed of by such court.
(3) Where an Order of Transfer is made under subsection (2) of this section the court to which the cause or matter is transferred shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine it, to the extent set out in the Order of Transfer, as if it were a cause or matter within the ordinary jurisdiction of that court.
(4) A transfer under subsection (2) of this section may be ordered at any time and at any state of the proceedings in a cause or matter before final judgment, and either with or without application in that behalf by any of the parties thereto, and may apply to any cause or matter in its entirety or in respect of any part thereof or procedure required to be taken therein.
Cite this section
Section 19, SUPREME COURT ACT (1960).
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