Section 97: Discretionary powers of court.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and to general rules, the costs of and incidental to any proceeding in Court under this Act shall be in the discretion of the Court.
(2) The Court may at any time adjourn any proceedings before it upon 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 Act upon such terms, if any, as it may think fit to impose.
(4) Where by this Act 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 the general rules, the Court may in any matter take the whole or any part of the evidence viva voce or by interrogatories or upon affidavit or, out of Nigeria, by commission.