New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DISTRICT COURT ACT 1973 - SECT 137

137 Powers of the Court under this Subdivision

In relation to proceedings under this Subdivision--

(a) the Court and the Judges shall, in addition to the powers and authority otherwise conferred on it and them, have all the powers and authority of the Supreme Court and the Judges thereof in the like circumstances,

(b) the appropriate officer of the Court shall, in addition to the duties otherwise imposed on the officer, discharge--

(i) any duty which an officer of the Supreme Court would be required under the practice of the Supreme Court to discharge in the like circumstances, and

(ii) any duty imposed on the officer by the rules or by any order of the Court,

(c) the practice and procedure of the Court shall, so far as practicable and subject to this Act and the rules, be the same as the practice and procedure of the Supreme Court applicable in the like circumstances, and

(d) without affecting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this section, the powers, authority and duty conferred by paragraphs (a) and (b), and the practice and procedure referred to in paragraph (c), shall, subject to the rules, extend to the enforcement of any judgment or order of the Court in those proceedings.