3. Section 10 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor: -
| 10. Any of the parties to an action which is pending in any original court may, before trial, and after notice in writing to the other parties of his intention so to do, apply to the Supreme Court by motion, which shall be supported by affidavit setting out the grounds on which it is based, for the withdrawal of such action from the court in which it is pending and for the transfer of it for trial to any other court competent to try the same in respect of its nature and the amount or value of its subject-matter. And the Supreme Court may, on any such application after hearing such of the parties as desire to be heard, and on being satisfied that such withdrawal and transfer are desirable for any of the following reasons:-
| | (a) that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in any particular court or place; or | | |
| | (b) that some question of law of unusual difficulty is likely to arise; or | | |
| | (c) that it is expedient on any other ground, | | |
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