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No 3 of 1901.
Rule as to just allowances. O.33 r. 8.
Expediting proceedings in case of undue delay. ib. r. 9.
CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE.
227. In taking any account directed by any judgment or order, all just allowances shall be made without any direction for that purpose.
228.—(1) If it appears to the Court, on the representation of the Registrar or otherwise, that there is any undue delay in the prosecution of any accounts or inquiries or in any other proceedings under any judgment or order, the Court may require the party having the conduct of the proceedings, or any other party, to explain the delay, and may thereupon make such order with regard to expediting the proceedings, or the conduct thereof, or the stay thereof, and as to the costs of the proceedings, as the circumstances of the case may require.
(2) For the purposes aforesaid, any party or the Registrar may be directed to summon the persons whose attendance is required, and to conduct any proceedings, and to carry out any directions which may be given; and any costs of the Registrar shall be paid by such parties or out of such funds as the Court may direct.
Statement of special case on question of law, by concurrence of parties. O.34 r. 1.
Statement of special case on question of law, by order of the Court. ib. r. 2.
CHAPTER VIII. SPECIAL CASE.
229. (1) The parties to any cause or matter may concur in stating any question of law arising therein in the form of a special case for the opinion of the Court.
(2) The case shall be divided into paragraphs numbered consecutively, and shall state concisely such facts and documents as may be necessary to enable the Court to decide the question raised thereby.
(3) On the argument of the case, the Court and the parties shall be at liberty to refer to the whole contents of such documents, and the Court shall be at liberty to draw from the facts and documents stated in the case any inference, whether of fact or of law, which might have been drawn therefrom if proved at a trial or hearing.
230. If it appears to the Court that there is in any cause or matter a question of law, which it would be convenient to have decided before any evidence is given or any question or issue of fact is tried, or before any reference is made to an arbitrator or otherwise, the Court may make an order accordingly, and may direct such question of law to be raised for the opinion of the Court, either by special