Cap. 12 Art. 670When court may decide cause without the reference.

The court may decide the cause without the reference or independently of the evidence produced before the referee -

(a) where the reference was not carried out within the original or extended time, for some cause attributable to the party in whose interest the order of reference was made; or

(b) where the fee taxed in favour of the referee as provided in article 666 has not been paid or deposited; or

(c) where the deposit mentioned in the last preceding article has not been made.