Article 11

For Order 12, rule 4, there shall be substituted the following rule:—

“Procedure on receipt of acknowledgment of service

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On receiving an acknowledgment of service an officer of the appropriate office must—

(a)

affix to the acknowledgment an official stamp showing the date on which he received it;

(b)

enter the acknowledgment in the cause book with a note showing, if it be the case, that the defendant has indicated in the acknowledgment an intention to contest the proceedings or to apply for a stay of execution in respect of any judgment obtained against him in the proceedings;

(c)

make two copies of the acknowledgment, each having affixed to it an official stamp showing the date on which he received the acknowledgment, and send one copy by post to the plaintiff or, as the case may be, his solicitor at the plaintiff's address for service and the other by post to the defendant or, as the case may be, his solicitor at the defendant's address for service.”