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for good cause shown, order the proceedings in any Court other than the High Court to be transferred to the High Court, or of any proceedings in the High Court to be transferred from the High Court to any other Court. Where the transfer is to the High Court, the winding up shall be assigned to the Judge who made the order of transfer.
Transfer by Judge of Court other than High Court.

9. The Judge of any Court having jurisdiction to order the winding up of a company other than the High Court or a Palatine Court may at any time, for good cause shown, order any proceedings which have been commenced or are pending in his Court to be transferred to any Court which has jurisdiction to order the winding up of a company not being the High Court or a Palatine Court.

Notice to Official Receiver.

10. Notice of an application for a transfer of proceedings shall be served on the Official Receiver before the hearing thereof.

Transmission of order of transfer.

11. When an order of transfer has been made the person on whose application the order is made shall, if the transfer is to the High Court, lodge with the chief clerk of the Judge to whom the winding up becomes assigned, and if the transfer is to any other Court with the Registrar of that Court, a sealed copy of the order of transfer.

Transfer of Official Receiver's duties.

12. Where the proceedings in any winding up are transferred by any Court, the Official Receiver of the Court to which such proceedings are transferred shall become the Official Receiver in the winding up in place of the Official Receiver of the Court from which the proceedings are transferred.

Transmission of records.

13. Where any proceedings are transferred from a Court to any other Court, the records of proceedings shall, if the transfer is to the High Court, be transmitted to the chief clerk of the Judge to whom the winding up becomes assigned, and if the transfer is to any other Court to the Registrar of that Court.

Notice of Official Receiver and Board of Trade.

14. Form[1] As soon as the chief clerk of the Judge (if the transfer is to a Judge of the High Court) or the Registrar of the Court transfer to (if the transfer is to any other Court) has received the records of proceedings from the Court from which the transfer is made he shall give notice of the transfer to the Official Receiver of the Court to which the proceedings are transferred, who shall give notice of the transfer to the Board of Trade. When a winding up is transferred from one Court to another, it shall receive a new distinctive number.

Transfer of jurisdiction of County Court and business.

15. Whenever the Lord Chancellor, by order under his hand, shall exclude any County Court from having jurisdiction under the Acts, or shall attach the district or any part of the district of a County Court to the High Court, or any other County pending Court, or shall detach the district or any part of the district of

  1. See Form 4, printed at p. 269 below.