Power of Court to award interest on debts and damages

In any proceedings tried in the Court for the recovery of any debt or damages, the Court may, if it thinks fit, order that there shall be included in the sum for which judgment is given interest at such rate as it thinks fit on the whole or any part of the debt or damages for the whole or any part of the period between the date when the cause of action arose and the date of the judgment, Provided that nothing in this section shall– (a) authorise the giving of interest upon interest; (b) apply in relation to any debt upon which interest is payable as of right whether by virtue of any agreement or otherwise; or (c) affect the damages recoverable for the dishonour of a bill of exchange.