He is a barrister or solicitor of the Supreme Court of not less than five years’ standing; or

He has been continuously employed as Clerk of a Magistrate’s Court for a period of at least ten years, and is a barrister or solicitor.

Breach of contract, or tort, where the amount claimed does not exceed two hundred pounds, excepting in actions for false imprisonment or illegal arrest, or for malicious prosecution, or for seduction, or for breach of promise of marriage:

Debt, where the sum claimed does not exceed two hundred pounds, whether such sum is the original amount of the debt, or a balance after allowing payment on account, or credit for goods supplied, or the amount of any other admitted set-off:

Partnership accounts, or disputes between partners, where the amount involved does not exceed two hundred pounds:

The attachment of debts not exceeding in amount the sum of two hundred pounds:

The enforcement of claims upon and the recovery of possession of some specific movable property the value whereof does not exceed two hundred pounds:

The recovery of possession of tenements, with or without arrears of rent or mesne profits,—

Interpleader cases generally, when the value of the subject-matter in dispute does not exceed two hundred pounds:

Where the parties agree, by writing signed by them or their solicitors, that, whatever the amount or value of the subject-matter, but not in excess of five hundred pounds (provided the case is otherwise within the jurisdiction), the Court shall have jurisdiction:

The granting a writ of arrest for holding to bail any person about to quit New Zealand leaving unsettled a claim within the jurisdiction of the Court;

The settlement of disputes between any building society and its members, where the amount involved does not exceed two hundred pounds; and the recovery of moneys or enforcement of claims by or against any building society, and all other matters arising under the Building Societies Act, 1908, not exceeding in amount or value the sum of two hundred pounds.

By repealing sections seven, eight, nine, and twenty-two to twenty-six;

By omitting from subsection one of section ten all words after the word “stead”;

By omitting from section thirty the words “in its ordinary, extended, or special jurisdiction”;

By omitting from section thirty-seven the words “(whatever his jurisdiction under this Act)”;

By omitting from subsection one of section forty the words “some other Magistrate or”; by omitting the words “respective jurisdictions of the Magistrate or Justices so sitting, but within the jurisdiction’ of the Magistrate usually presiding in such Court,” and substituting the words “jurisdiction of the Justices so sitting”; and by omitting the words “Magistrate or”;

By omitting from subsection one of section sixty-three the words “appointed to exercise special jurisdiction in partnership matters”;

By omitting from subsection two of section ninety-two the words “twenty pounds,” and substituting the words “fifty pounds”;

By omitting from subsection one of section one hundred and fifty-one the words “and in any action for libel or slander”; and by omitting from subsection four of the same section the words “In any action for libel or slander, if an application for removal is made, and”; and

By repealing section one hundred and fifty-nine.