Clause 20

A District Court shall have jurisdiction to try any action founded on contract or tort where the debt, demand or damage claimed does not exceed five thousand dollars, whether on balance of account or otherwise.

A District Court shall have jurisdiction to try any action where the debt or demand claimed consists of a balance not exceeding five thousand dollars after a set-off of any debt or demand claimed or recoverable by the defendant from the plaintiff, being a set-off admitted by the plaintiff in the particulars of his claim or demand.