Part XII E+W Construction, Jurisdiction, and General Provisions

203 Payment into court, jurisdiction and procedure.E+W

(1)Payment of money into court effectually exonerates therefrom the person making the payment.

(2)Subject to any rules of court to the contrary—

(a)Every application to the court under this Act shall, save as otherwise expressly provided, be by summons at chambers;

(b)On an application by a purchaser notice shall be served in the first instance on the vendor;

(c)On an application by a vendor notice shall be served in the first instance on the purchaser;

(d)On any application notice shall be served on such persons, if any, as the court thinks fit.

(3)In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, “the court” means the High Court, . . . F1 or the county court, where those courts respectively have jurisdiction.

(4)All matters within the jurisdiction of the High Court under this Act, shall, save as otherwise expressly provided, and subject to the enactments for the time being in force with respect to the [F2Senior Courts] , be assigned to the Chancery Division of the court.

(5)The court shall have full power and discretion to make such order as it thinks fit respecting the costs, charges and expenses of all or any of the parties to any application.

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