Section 11
Power of Courts to award interest on debts and damages
In any proceedings tried in any Court for the recovery of any debt or damages, the Court may, if it thinks fit, order that there shall be included in the sum for which judgment is given interest as such rate as it thinks fit on the whole or any part of the debt or damages for the whole or any part of the period between the date when the cause of action arose and the date of the judgment:
Provided that nothing in this section—
(a)
shall authorize the giving of interest upon interest;
(b)
shall apply in relation to any debt upon which interest is payable as of right whether by virtue of any agreement or otherwise; or
(c)
shall affect the damages recoverable for the dishonor of a bill of exchange.
(2)
Where interest is awarded under subsection (1) for recovery of damages under section 6A of the Limitation Act 1953 [Act 254], the interest may be given for the whole or any part of the period between the starting date and the date of the judgment.
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (2), “starting date” has the meaning assigned to it in the Limitation Act 1953.