1[9. Procedure and practice of Small Cause Court.—(1) The High Court may, from time to time, by rules having the force of law,—
2[(aa) empower the Registrar to hear and dispose of undefended suits and interlocutory applications or matters, and]
Rules made under this section may provide, among other matters, for the exercise by one or more of the Judges of the Small Cause Court of any powers conferred on the Small Cause Court by this Act or any other enactment for the time being in force.
(2) The law, and any rules and declarations made, or purporting to be made, thereunder, with respect to procedure or practice, in force or treated as in force in the Small Cause Court on the thirty-first day of December, 1894, shall be in force, unless and until cancelled or varied by rules made by the High Court under this section.]1. Subs. by Act 1 of 1895, s. 5, for section 9. 2. Added by Act 3 of 1899, s. 4.