Article 2 Service of process

For Order 6, rule 8(1), there shall be substituted the following—

“(1)

For the purposes of service, a writ (other than a concurrent writ) is valid in the first instance—

(a)

where leave to serve the writ out of the jurisdiction is required under Order 11, for 6 months,

(b)

in any other case, for 4 months

beginning with the date of its issue.

(1A)

A concurrent writ is valid in the first instance for the period of validity of the original writ which is unexpired at the date of issue of the concurrent writ.”.