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Bankruptcy Act 1924
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### Discretionary powers of the Court.
E.B.A., s. 103.
N.S.W., s. 107.
Vic., ss. 26, 35.
Q., ss. 20, 21.
S.A., ss. 309, 315.
W.A., s. 96.
27.—(1.) In any proceeding under this Act the Court may, in its discretion, award costs, either out of the estate of the bankrupt or against any person or persons as it thinks just.
(2.) The Court may—
(a) upon such terms as it thinks fit adjourn at any time any proceedings before it;
(b) amend at any time any written process, proceeding, or notice under this Act;
(c) extend, either before or after its expiration, or abridge any time limited by this Act for doing any act or thing; and
(d) subject to rules, take in any matter the whole or any part of the evidence either vivâ voce, or by interrogatories, or upon affidavit, or by commission abroad, or as the Court directs or as is prescribed.