9. Effect of referral to other court. Whenever a case is referred to another court as provided by section 7 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C. 2A:4A-26) or section 8 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C. 2A:4A-27), that case shall thereafter proceed in the same manner as if the case had been instituted in that court in the first instance.

L.1982,c.77,s.9; amended 1995,c.280,s.4.