Section 23 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act

Section 23 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Power to suspend execution. It provides as follows:

If at any time upon an inquiry made on the application of the judgment debtor,
wherein the onus of proof shall be upon him, it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the judgment debtor has made a full surrender and disclosure of his property in the prescribed manner, and that he is unable because of unavoidable misfortune to satisfy the judgment, and that he has not been guilty of any misconduct cognisable under section 66 of this Act, and that his property ought to be released from attachment, the court may, in its discretion, stay any writ of execution issued in the proceedings for such time and upon any such terms as the court thinks fit, and so from time to time until it appears that the cause of inability has ceased.