Transfer of documents
44D Transfer of documents
Where, under section 44, 44A or 44AA, a court transfers a proceeding, or an application in a proceeding, to another court—
the Registrar or other proper officer of the first-mentioned court must transmit to the Registrar or other proper officer of the other court all documents filed in the first-mentioned court in respect of the proceeding or application as the case may be; and
the other court must proceed as if—
the proceeding had been originally instituted in the other court; and
the same proceedings had been taken in the other court as were taken in the first-mentioned court; and
in a case where an application is transferred—the application had been made in the other court.
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