Section 3: Insolvency Jurisdiction — Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920

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3. Insolvency Jurisdiction.___(1) The District Courts shall be the Courts having jurisdiction under this Act : Provided that the 1[Provincial Government] may, by notification in the 2[official Gazette], invest any Court subordinate to a District Court with jurisdiction in any class of cases, and any Court so invested shall within the local limits of its jurisdiction have concurrent jurisdiction with the District Court under this Act. (2) For the purpose of this Act, a Court of Small Causes shall be deemed to be subordinate to the District Court.

Effective date: 1920-01-01

Related sections

Section 2: Definitions Section 4: Power of Court to decide all questions arising in insolvency Section 1: Short title and extent Section 5: General powers of Courts Section 6: Acts of insolvency. A debtor commits an act of insolvency in each of the following cases Section 7: Petition and adjudication

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