Article 30 of Code of Civil Procedure

The Summary Court shall not have jurisdiction to adjudicate an incidental claim or a claim connected with the original claim if, by reason of its value or nature, it does not fall within its jurisdiction. If a claim of this kind is brought before it, it may adjudicate the original claim alone if doing so would not prejudice the administration of justice; otherwise, it must, of its own motion, rule (1) Amended pursuant to Decree-Law No. 71 of 2025 Index of the Law 607 Home Page Law of Procedure Decree-Law No. 38 of 1980 Promulgating the Law of Civil and Commercial Procedure that the original action and the incidental or connected claim be referred, in their existing state, to the Court of First Instance, and the referral judgment shall not be subject to appeal. Nevertheless, if the subject matter of the incidental claim is compensation for bringing the original action or for the manner of conduct therein, the Summary Court shall have jurisdiction regardless of the amount of compensation sought.