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Rule 3.11.6 Amendment of pleadingsI1

Scotland

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), the sheriff principal shall have power at any stage to allow the petition and any answers to be amended upon such condition as to expenses or otherwise as he shall think fit.

(2)

No amendment altering the ground upon which the election was questioned in the petition as presented shall be competent, except to the extent sanctioned by section 129(6) of the Act (time for presentation or amendment of petition questioning local election).

Annotations

Commencement

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Rule 3.11.6 in force at 1.7.1999, see rule 1.1(1)