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MAGISTRATES' COURTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 74

Debt proceedings.

74.(1) Where a counterclaim is beyond the jurisdiction of a
court of summary jurisdiction, the court may try the claim and may, if it
thinks fit and upon such terms as to security or otherwise as it thinks fit,
stay execution until the counterclaim has been disposed of.

(2) Where a counterclaim or any part thereof is admitted, the
court of summary jurisdiction may direct the amount admitted to be set off pro
tanto without prejudice to any proceedings to recover the balance.

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