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Powers of Court in appeal in civil matters
Cap. 90, s. 19 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) On the hearing of an appeal under this Part, the Court shall have power to,
(a) confirm, vary, amend or set aside the order or make any such order as the Supreme Court or the judge thereof from whose order the appeal 16 is brought might have made, or to make any order which ought to have been made, and to make such further or other order as the case may require;
(b) draw inferences of fact;
(c) direct the Supreme Court or the judge thereof from whose order the appeal is brought to enquire into and certify its finding on any question which the Court thinks fit to be determined before final judgment in the
(2) The powers of the Court under this section may be exercised notwithstanding that no notice of appeal or respondent’s notice has been given in respect of any particular part of the decision of the Supreme Court or the judge thereof from whose order the appeal is brought or by any particular party to the proceedings in that court, or that any ground for allowing the appeal or for affirming or varying the decision of that court is not specified in such notice; and the Court may make any order on such terms as the Court thinks just to ensure the determination on the merits of the real question in controversy between the parties.
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