Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act No. 32 of 1944)

Part II : Civil Matters

Chapter VI : Civil Jurisdiction

26. Area of jurisdiction
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(1)Except where it is otherwise by law provided, the area of jurisdiction of a court shall be the district, subdistrict or area for which such court is established.

 

(2)A court established for a district shall have no jurisdiction in a subdistrict or in an area referred to in section (2)(h).

 

(3)Nothing in subsection (2) shall affect proceedings pending in the court of a district at the time of the creation of a subdistrict or an area referred to in section 2(h).