Article 17 Counterclaims and notices of judgment

Order 44, rule 2 shall be amended as follows—

(a)

after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—

“(2A)

Order 6, rule 7(3) and (5) shall apply in relation to a notice of judgment under this rule as if the notice were a writ and the person by whom the notice is issued were the plaintiff.”;

(b)

at the end of paragraph (3) there shall be added the following words—

“; and the copy of the notice to be served shall be a sealed copy.”;

(c)

in paragraph (4) for the words “without acknowledging service” there shall be substituted the words “after acknowledging service”.