Small Claims Courts Act, 1984 (Act No. 61 of 1984)

Chapter III : Jurisdiction

23. Cessation of action
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(1)If a court is of the opinion that a case contains difficult or complex questions of law or of fact which cannot adequately or fairly or should not be decided by it, it shall stop the proceedings.

 

(2)If the proceedings are stopped as contemplated in subsection (1), the plaintiff may institute a fresh action in another competent court of law.