--(1) The registrar shall have power to transact all such business and exercise all such authority and jurisdiction as may be transacted and exercised by a judge sitting in chambers in respect of the following matters, that is to say:
----(a) assessments of costs referred to the registrar under Part 67.12(2);
----(b) applications under section 42 of the Petty Civil Courts Act (Chap. 4:21);
----(c) the taking of an account when it has been ordered that the account be taken by the registrar;
----(d) the hearing of judgment summonses under the Debtors Act (Chap. 8:07) and the Rules made thereunder;
----(e) applications for the grant of probate or letters of administration or the resealing of a grant of probate or administration except where the proceedings are contentious;
----(f) applications for attachment of debt orders;
----(g) applications for the renewal of a writ of execution;
----(h) applications for permission to issue a writ of possession;
----(i) applications for permission to issue a writ of delivery of specified goods without the alternative of payment of the assessed value;
----(j) applications for relief under section 18 of the Bills of Sale Act (Chap. 82:32).
--(2) It shall be lawful for the registrar stationed in Tobago, whenever there is no judge of the court present in Tobago, to make all such orders as may be necessary for the following purposes:
----(a) for the protection, management and custody of property, the subject matter of or in dispute in proceedings before the court;
----(b) for granting of interim injunctions including mandatory and freezing injunctions, search orders or the appointing of a receiver when the court can exercise such jurisdiction by interim order;
----(c) for giving interim authority to any executor or executrix or any receiver appointed by him to dispose of perishable articles, and to pay the money into court,
--provided always that the registrar stationed in Tobago shall not be bound to make any order under the provisions of this rule, unless the urgency of the case and the interest of justice shall appear so to require; and provided also that he shall have power to alter, vary or discharge any such order or orders.
Notes
Amended by Legal Notice 261 of 2005.
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