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Small Claims Courts Act, 1984 (Act No. 61 of 1984)

Chapter III : Jurisdiction

20. Splitting of claims disallowed

 

A claim exceeding the jurisdiction of a court and based on one and the same cause of action may not be split with the object of recovering it in more than one action, if the parties to those actions and the point in issue in those actions would be the same.