Section 10Part 4 — FURTHER PROVISIONS ABOUT ORDERS
Jurisdiction of courts and venue
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Subject to this section, the summary court shall, concurrently with the Grand Court, have jurisdiction to hear and determine proceedings under section 4.
The Grand Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine proceedings under section 6.
Where the market value of any land to which an application for a presumption of death order relates exceeds twenty thousand dollars, the summary court shall, if an application is made to it in that behalf by any person having an interest in the proceedings, transfer the proceedings to the Grand Court, but any declaration or decision made in the course of such proceedings before the transfer shall be valid unless discharged or varied by the Grand Court.
The summary court may hear and determine an application for a presumption of death order —
if the missing person was legally and ordinarily resident in the Islands or carried on any business, profession or occupation in the Islands before the person went missing; or
the applicant is legally and ordinarily resident in the Islands or carries on any profession, business or occupation in the Islands at the time an application is made for a presumption of death order.
Where the applicant is the Attorney General or other person acting on behalf of the Government as set out in section 3(e), jurisdiction under this section shall lie exclusively with the Grand Court.
Where the jurisdiction criteria set out in subsection (4) do not apply, the Grand Court shall have jurisdiction under this Law where —
the missing person was domiciled in the Islands before the person went missing;
the applicant is domiciled in the Islands at the time an application for a presumption of death order is made; or
the application relates to a missing person where that missing person is a victim of violence, or of domestic violence as defined by section 3 of the Protection from Domestic Violence Law, 2010.