Civil Procedure Rules▤
Costs and other relief
(1) It shall not be necessary in an originating summons, application or other process to ask for costs, or for general or other re…
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Provision under which application is made to be stated
(1) Every order, rule or other statutory provision under or by virtue of which any application is made must ordinarily be stated,…
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Transfer from chambers to court
Any judge may adjourn into court any application made to him at chambers which he deems more convenient to be considered in court.
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Transfer from court to chambers
Notwithstanding anything contained in these Rules, the court may in any case direct that any business be disposed of in chambers w…
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Service of notice on defendant served with summons to enter appearance but not appearing
A plaintiff may, without special leave, cause to be served any application or notice of any petition or summons upon any defendant…
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Adjournment of hearing
The hearing of any application may from time to time be adjourned upon such terms as the court thinks fit.
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Dismissal or adjournments for want of notice
If upon the hearing of any application, the court is of opinion that sufficient notice has not been given or that any person to wh…
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Contents of notice
Every notice of motion shall state in general terms the grounds of the application, and where any motion is grounded on evidence b…
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Notice to parties
No motion shall be made without notice to the parties affected thereby: Provided, however, that the court, if satisfied that the d…
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Applications under section 25(2) of the Government Proceedings Act
Any application such as is referred to in section 25(2) of the Government Proceedings Act (Cap. 40), shall be made in the manner p…
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Procedure
All applications to the court shall be by motion and shall be heard in open court unless the court directs the hearing to be condu…
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Time of day of service
(1) This rule applies to pleadings, notices, summonses (other than summonses on plaints), orders, rules and other proceedings. (2)…
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Computation of days
In any case in which any particular number of days not expressed to be clear days is prescribed under these Rules or by an order o…
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Enlargement of time by consent
The time for delivering, amending, or filing any pleading, answer or other document of any kind whatsoever may be enlarged by cons…
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Power to enlarge time
Where a limited time has been fixed for doing any act or taking any proceedings under these Rules, or by summary notice or by orde…
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Time for giving security for costs, when not to be reckoned
The day on which an order for security for costs is served, and the time thenceforward until and including the day on which such s…
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When time does not run
Except where otherwise directed by a judge for reasons to be recorded in writing, the period between the twenty-first day of Decem…
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Time expiring on Sunday or day offices closed
Where the time for doing any act or taking any proceeding expires on a Sunday or other day on which the offices are closed, and by…
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Exclusion of Sundays and public holidays
Where any limited time less than six days from or after any date or event is appointed or allowed for doing any act or taking any…
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Month means calendar month
Where by these Rules or by any judgment or order given or made, time for doing any act or taking any proceedings is limited by mon…
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Hearing of applications
(1) The Registrar may— (a) give directions under Order 42 rule 12 and Order 51 rule 8; (b) hear and determine an application made…
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Registrar a Civil Court
For the purposes of rules 2, 3 and 4 a registrar or, in a subordinate court, an executive officer empowered as aforesaid, shall be…
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Execution may be ordered by Registrar
Formal orders for attachment and sale of property and for the issue of notices to show cause on applications for arrest and impris…
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No judgment against Government in default of pleading without leave of court
Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 2, in any proceedings against the Government no judgment for the plaintiff shall be ent…
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