Ordinance
No. 7 of 1891, s. 71 (2).
Discretion-
ary powers of court.
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 109 (1).
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59,
s. 109 (2).
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 109 (3).
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 109 (4).
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 109 (5).
Consolida- tion of petitions. 4 & 5 Geo. 5,
c. 59, s. 110.
Power to change carriage of proceedings.
4 & 5 Geo. 5,
c. 59, s. 111.
Continuance of proceed- ings on death
of debtor.
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 112.
Power to stay pro- ceedings.
4 & 5 Geo. 5,
c. 59, s. 113.
Power to present petition against one partner.
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 114.
Power to dismiss petition against some respondents only.
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 115.
Actions by trustee and bankrupt's partners.
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 117.
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(2) The Registrar shall, in cases of urgency, have power to make interim orders and to hear and deter- mine unopposed or ex parte applications, and any order so made shall, subject to the appeal to the court, be deemed to be an order of the court.
100.--(1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordi- nance and to general rules, the costs of and incidental to any proceeding in court under this Ordinance shall be in the discretion of the court: Provided that, where any issue is tried by a jury, the costs shall follow the event, unless, upon application made at the trial, for good cause shown, the judge before whom such issue is tried otherwise orders.
(2) The court may at time adjourn any proceedings before it upon such terms, if any, as it may think fit to impose.
(3) The court may at any time amend any written process or proceeding under this Ordinance upon such terms, if any, as it may think fit to impose.
(4) Where by this Ordinance, or by general rules, the time for doing any act or thing is limited, the court may extend the time either before or after the expiration thereof, upon such terms, if any, as the court may think fit to impose.
(5) Subject to general rules, the court may in any matter take the whole or any part of the evidence either viva voce, or by interrogatories, or affidavit, or, out of the Colony, by commission.
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101. Where two or more bankruptcy petitions are presented against the same debtor or against joint debtors, the court may consolidate the proceedings, or any of them, on such terms as the court thinks fit.
102. Where the petitioner does not proceed with due diligence on his petition, the court may either dismiss the petition or substitute as petitioner any other creditor to whom the debtor may be indebted in the amount required by the Ordinance in the place of the petitioning creditor.
103. If a debtor by or against whom a bankruptcy petition has been presented dies, the proceedings in the matter shall, unless the court otherwise orders, be continued as if he were alive.
104. The court may at any time, for sufficient reason, make an order staying the proceedings under a bankruptcy petition, either altogether or for a limited time, on such terms and subject to such con- ditions as the court may think just.
105. Any creditor whose debt is sufficient to en- title him to present a bankruptcy petition against all the partners of a firm may present a petition against any one or more partners of the firm without includ- ing the others.
106. Where there are more respondents than one to a petition, the court may dismiss the petition as to one or more of them, without prejudice to the effect of the petition as against the other or others of them,
107. Where a member of a partnership is adjudged bankrupt, the court may authorise the trustee to commence and prosecute any action in the names of the trustee and of the bankrupt's partner; and any release by such partner of the debt or demand to which the action relates shall be void; but notice of
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