SECTION 296

(1) The Court of First Instance shall be competent to decide on any interlocutory objections raised by the parties in the trial save for objections raising issues that are within the competence of another court. (2) (a) When an interlocutory objection is held to raise issues that are within the competence of another Court, the Court of First Instance shall stay the proceedings until the competent court makes on the objection. (b) The trial court shall grant the parties a time-limit to seized the competent court. (c) If the parties fail to seize the competent court within the time -limit allowed, the objection shall, where they cannot justify their inability to act, be overruled. (3) If the interlocutory objection is not upheld, the trial shall continue.