Costs in cases transferred from one court to another
54G.—(1) Where proceedings are ordered to be transferred —
(a)
from the High Court to a subordinate court;
(b)
from a subordinate court to the High Court; or
(c)
from one subordinate court to another,
the costs of the whole proceedings both before and after the transfer shall, subject to any order made by the court which ordered the transfer, be in the discretion of the court to which the proceedings are transferred, and that court shall have power to make orders with respect thereto and as to the scales on which the costs of the several parts of the proceedings are to be paid.
[26/2005]
(2) As regards so much of the proceedings in any action transferred from the High Court to a subordinate court as takes place in the High Court before the transfer —
(a)
the costs thereof shall be subject to section 39; and
(b)
the powers of the High Court under section 39(4) to make an order allowing costs on the High Court scale or on the subordinate courts scale, shall, subject to any order of the High Court, be exercisable by the subordinate court.
[26/2005]
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 40 of 2019
Costs in cases transferred from one court to another
54G.—(1) Where proceedings are ordered to be transferred —
(a)
from the General Division of the High Court to a State Court;
[Act 5 of 2014 wef 07/03/2014]
[Act 40 of 2019 wef 02/01/2021]
(b)
from a State Court to the General Division of the High Court; or
[Act 5 of 2014 wef 07/03/2014]
[Act 40 of 2019 wef 02/01/2021]
(c)
from one State Court to another,
[Act 5 of 2014 wef 07/03/2014]
the costs of the whole proceedings both before and after the transfer shall, subject to any order made by the court which ordered the transfer, be in the discretion of the court to which the proceedings are transferred, and that court shall have power to make orders with respect thereto and as to the scales on which the costs of the several parts of the proceedings are to be paid.
[26/2005]
(2) As regards so much of the proceedings in any action transferred from the General Division of the High Court to a State Court as takes place in the General Division of the High Court before the transfer —
(a)
the costs thereof shall be subject to section 39; and
(b)
the powers of the General Division of the High Court under section 39(4) to make an order allowing costs on the scale of the General Division of the High Court or on the State Courts scale, shall, subject to any order of the General Division of the High Court, be exercisable by the State Court.