Section 185A — Companies Act 1993: Jurisdiction of District Courts

185A Jurisdiction of District Courts (1) A District Court shall have jurisdiction to exercise any power conferred by sections 182 to 185 of this Act in any case where— (a) The occasion for the exercise of the power arises in the course of civil proceedings properly before the Court; or (b) The amount of the claim or the value of the property or relief claimed or in issue is not more than $200,000; or (c) The parties agree, in accordance with section 37 of the District Courts Act 1947 , that a District Court shall have jurisdiction to determine the proceedings. (2) For the purposes of section 43 of the District Courts Act 1947 , an application made to a District Court under any of sections 182 to 185 of this Act shall be deemed to be a proceeding. Section 185A was inserted, as from 1 July 1994, by section 21 Companies Act 1993 Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 6).