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Introductory Text
PART I INTRODUCTORY
1.Title and commencement
2.Interpretation
PART II HOLDING OF COUNTY COURTS
3.County courts to be held for divisions
4.Directions as to holding of courts
5.Courthouses
6.Appointment of days for holding of ordinary sittings
7.Additional and extraordinary sittings
8.Adjournments
9.Order of hearing
PART III ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION
General Jurisdiction
10.General civil jurisdiction
Recovery of Legacies, Annuities, etc.
11.Recovery of legacies, annuities, etc.
Actions for Recovery of, or involving title to, Land
12.Actions for recovery of, or involving title to, land
Injunctions
13.Jurisdiction as respects injunctions
Equity Jurisdiction
14.Jurisdiction in equity matters
Probate Jurisdiction
15.Jurisdiction in contentious probate matters
16.Power to grant limited administration
17.Representatives to lodge accounts if required
Funds in Court
18.Lodgment in court of legacies, etc., of infants and absentees
19.Payment into court under Trustee Act
20.Payment into court in administration suits, etc.
21.Transfer to county court of money recovered in High Court by infants, etc.
Power to increase Jurisdiction
22.Power to increase civil jurisdiction of county courts
Jurisdiction by Agreement in, and Transfer of, Civil Proceedings
23.Agreement conferring original civil jurisdiction
24.Procedure in proceedings beyond jurisdiction commenced in county court
25.Transfer from one county court to another
26.Actions transferred from courts of summary jurisdiction
Remittal and Removal
27.Saving for powers of remittal and removal
PART IV APPEALS AND APPLICATIONS TO COUNTY COURTS
28.Appeals and applications to county courts
PART V SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING JURISDICTION OF COUNTY COURTS
(i) EXERCISE OF JURISDICTION OF COUNTY COURTS
29.Exercise of jurisdiction of county court
(ii) PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO CIVIL JURISDICTION
Exercise of Civil Jurisdiction
30.Civil jurisdiction exercisable by circuit registrars
31.Arbitration
32.Reference to officer
33.Assessors
Extent of Powers of County Court
34.County court to have powers of High Court
35.Power of High Court to grant injunctions
Institution of Civil Proceedings
36.Division of causes of action
37.No action on judgment of other courts
Parties
38.Civil proceedings by and against the Crown
39.Capacity of parties
40.Third and subsequent parties
Process
41.Service of process
42.Offences in relation to civil process
Discovery and related procedures
42A.Powers of court exercisable before commencement of action
42B.Power of court to order disclosure of documents, inspection of property etc. in proceedings for personal injuries or death
42C.Provisions supplementary to Articles 42A and 42B
Witnesses
43.Subpoenas and commissions for examination of witnesses
44.Evidence of prisoners
Decrees
45.Decrees
45A.Interest on debts and damages
(iii) PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
Practice and Procedure
46.County court rules committee
47.Making of county court rules
47A.Control of county court rules
48.Powers of Rules Committee
49.Application of High Court practice
50.Right of audience
51.Powers as respects solicitors
Art. 52 rep. by SR 1982/192
53.Interpreters and shorthand-writers
Contempt of Court, etc.
54.Refusal to appear, be sworn or give evidence
55.Contempt of court
Miscellaneous
56.Affidavits
57.Evidence of records
58.Information to be furnished to Lord Chancellor
59.County court seal
PART VI APPEALS FROM AND CASES STATED BY COUNTY COURTS
Appeals
60.Ordinary appeals from the county court in civil cases
61.Cases stated by county court judge
61A.Appeals from decisions under Part I of Arbitration Act 1996
62.Cases stated by High Court on appeal from county court
Supplemental provisions
63.Special provisions as to cases stated under Article 61 on appeal from magistrates' court
64.Powers of appellate court
65.Single mode of appeal in all cases
66.Practice and procedure
PART VII FINANCIAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
67.Financial provisions
68.Amendments
69.Transitional provisions and repeals
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1—Amendments
SCHEDULE 2
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
1.All rules and orders regulating proceedings in county courts made, or having effect as if...
2.Where any statutory provision passed or made before 1st April 1960 requires or authorises the...
Para. 3 spent
Para. 3 spent
4.As from such date as may be specified for the purposes of this paragraph by...
5.Nothing in this Schedule prejudices the operation of sections 28 and 29 of the Interpretation...
Schedule 3‐Repeals