Part 3Enforcement by taking control of goods
Chapter 1Procedure
70Power of High Court to stay execution
1
If, at any time, the High Court is satisfied that a party to proceedings is unable to pay—
a
a sum recovered against him (by way of satisfaction of the claim or counterclaim in the proceedings or by way of costs or otherwise), or
b
any instalment of such a sum,
the court may stay the execution of any writ of control issued in the proceedings, for whatever period and on whatever terms it thinks fit.
2
The court may act under subsection (1) from time to time until it appears that the cause of the inability to pay has ceased.
3
In this section a party to proceedings includes every person, whether or not named as a party, who is served with notice of the proceedings or attends them.