5In section 12 of the Act of 1938,
(a)for subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following subsections—
“(1)The following provisions of this section shall apply, in a case to which the last foregoing section applies, where the owner commences an action to enforce a right to recover possession of any of the goods from the hirer after one-third of the hire-purchase price has been paid or tendered as aforesaid.
(1A)After such an action has been commenced the owner shall not take any steps to enforce payment of any sum due under the hire-purchase agreement or under any contract of guarantee relating thereto, except by claiming the said sum in the said action”; and
(b)for any reference to the county court there shall be substituted a reference to the sheriff court.