Hire-Purchase (Amendment) Act, 1960
Jurisdiction of the courts. |
19.—(1) In an action commenced after the commencement of this Act by the owner of goods let under a hire-purchase agreement to enforce a right to recover possession of the goods from the hirer— | |
(a) the Circuit Court shall have jurisdiction where the hire-purchase price does not exceed one thousand pounds, and | ||
(b) the District Court shall have jurisdiction where the hire-purchase price does not exceed one hundred pounds. | ||
(2) In an action commenced after the commencement of this Act by the owner of goods let under a hire-purchase agreement to enforce payment of a sum due under the hire-purchase agreement or under any contract of guarantee relating thereto— | ||
(a) the Circuit Court shall have jurisdiction where the amount claimed does not exceed one thousand pounds, and | ||
(b) the District Court shall have jurisdiction where the amount claimed does not exceed one hundred pounds. | ||
(3) Neither paragraph (v) of section 52 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 , nor paragraph (a) of section 53 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1936 , shall apply to an action— | ||
(a) in which the defendant or one, at least, of the defendants ordinarily resides or carries on any profession, business or occupation in the State, and | ||
(b) to which subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section relates. |