(2) The payment shall be done by the Registrar and any interest payable by the bank shall accrue pro tanto to the
benefit of the party who, at the end of the action, is entitled to the money originally paid into Court.
(3) Where a Court or Judge makes no such order for payment into a commercial bank, the registrar shall cause
such money to be paid into the Sub-Treasury.
7. A plaintiff may, in answer to a counter-claim, pay money into Court in satisfaction thereof subject to the like
conditions as to costs and otherwise as upon payment into Court by a defendant.
8. Money paid into Court pursuant to rule 1 or 7 of this Order or under an order of the Court or a Judge shall not
be
paid
out
except
in
pursuance
of
an
order
of
the
Court
or
a
Judge.
9. (1) Where a person entitled to a fund in Court, or a share of that fund, dies intestate and the Court is satisfied
that no grant of administration has been made and that the assets of his estate do not exceed two thousand naira
in value including the value of the fund or share, it may order that the fund or share shall be paid, transferred or
delivered to the person who, being a widower, widow, child, father, mother, brother or sister of the deceased,
would have the prior right to a grant of administration of the estate of the deceased.
(2) "Fund in Court" in this Rule, includes money paid into a bank account under rule 6 of this Order.
Order 32
Discovery and Inspection of Documents
1. After the close of pleadings in any cause or matter, any party by leave of Court or Judge in chambers may
deliver interrogatories in writing for the examination of any other party or parties and such interrogatories when
delivered shall state clearly which of such interrogatories each of such parties is required to answer:
Provided that interrogatories which do not relate to any matters in question in the cause or matter shall be
deemed irrelevant, notwithstanding that they might be admissible on the oral cross-examination of a witness.
2. (1) A copy of the interrogatories proposed to be delivered shall be filed and served with the summons or
notice of application for leave to deliver them at least two clear days before the hearing thereof (unless in any
case the Court or Judge in chambers thinks it fit to dispense with this requirement).
(2) In deciding upon the application, the Court or Judge in chambers shall take into account any offer which may
be made by the party sought to be interrogated to deliver particulars or to make admissions or to produce
documents relating to any matter in question, and leave shall be given as to such only of the interrogatories as
shall be considered necessary either for disposing fairly of the action or for saving costs.
3. Interrogatories shall be in Form 30 in the Appendix to these Rules with such variations as circumstances may
require.
4. If any party to an action is a body corporate or a joint stock company whether incorporated or not, or any other
body of persons empowered by law to sue or be sued, whether in its own name or in the name of an officer or
other persons, any opposite party may apply for an order allowing him to deliver interrogatories to any member
or officer of that corporation, company or body and an order may be made accordingly.
5. (1) Interrogatories shall be answered by affidavit to be filed within 10 days or within such other time as the
Court or Judge in chambers may allow.
(2) Two copies of the affidavit shall be supplied to the registrar.
6. An affidavit in answer to interrogatories shall be in Form 31 with such variations as circumstances may
require.
7. Any objections to answering any interrogatory on the ground that it is scandalous or irrelevant or not bona fide
for the purpose of the cause or matter or that the matters inquired into are not sufficiently material at that stage or
on any other ground, may be taken in the affidavit in answer.