Clause 69

All applications to a Magistrate’s Court or District Court under this Part of this Ordinance shall be made and heard in the same manner and in accordance with the same procedure as applications for summonses are made and heard by such Magistrate’s or District Court under the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code and an application for maintenance under this Part of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be a complaint for the purposes of that Code (Cap. 132).

The Rules of Court for the time being in force made under the provisions of the Courts Ordinance and applicable to appeals from District Courts brought under the provisions of section 20 of the said Ordinance shall apply to all appeals brought under the provisions of section 67 of this Ordinance:Provided that where an appeal is so brought from a Magistrate’s Court the said Rules shall be construed and applied as far as necessary as if references to a District Court were references to a Magistrate’s Court and references to a District Judge were references to a Magistrate.