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Power to strike out cause, giving costs, where court has no jurisdiction.
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67. Whenever an action or suit is brought in a Civil Bill Court which the court has not jurisdiction to try and determine, unless the parties, shall by a memorandum signed by them or their respective attorneys, consent that the court shall have power to try and determine the same, the chairman shall order the cause to be struck out, and shall have power to award costs in such manner and to such extent, and recoverable by the same means as if the court had jurisdiction in such action or suit, and the plaintiff had not appeared, or had appeared, and failed to prove his demand; but this enactment shall not prejudice the other provisions of this Act as to any suit or matter pending in a Civil Bill Court under Part II. of this Act.
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