Supreme Court Rules 1987

On application for relief by way of interpleader, the Court may:

(a) where a proceeding in the

Court is pending in which the applicant is sued for or in respect of any of the property in dispute – order that a claimant be added as a defendant in the proceeding in addition to or in substitution for the applicant, or order that the proceeding be stayed or dismissed;

(b) order that a question between the claimants be stated and tried and direct which of the claimants is to be plaintiff and which defendant;

(c) where proceedings in another court are pending in which the applicant is sued for or in respect of any of the property in dispute restrain the further continuance of those proceedings;

(d) order the applicant to pay or transfer any of the property in dispute into court or otherwise to dispose of it;

(e) where a claimant claims to be entitled by way of security for debt to any of the property in dispute – make orders for the sale of any of the property and for the application of the proceeds of sale;

(f) summarily determine a question of fact or law arising on the application; and

(g) make such order or give such judgment as it thinks fit.