Transfer of proceedings
69 Transfer of proceedings
A prescribed court in which an application has been made, or an action brought, under this Chapter may, on the application of a party made at any stage, by order, transfer the application or action to another prescribed court having jurisdiction to hear and determine the application or action.
When a court transfers an application or action to another court:
all relevant documents of record filed in the transferring court must be sent to the other court by the Registrar or other appropriate officer of the transferring court; and
the application or action continues in the other court as if:
it had been started there; and
all steps taken in the transferring court had been taken in the other court.
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