Article 23

For Order 20, rule 2, there shall be substituted the following rule:—

“Amendment of acknowledgment of service

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(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), a party may not amend his acknowledgment of service without the leave of the court.

(2)

A party whose acknowledgment of service contains a statement to the effect that—

(a)

he does, or

(b)

he does not

intend to contest the proceedings to which the acknowledgment relates may, without the leave of the court, amend the acknowledgment by substituting for that statement a statement to the opposite effect, provided that in a case falling under sub-paragraph (b) the amendment is made before judgment has been obtained in the proceedings.

(3)

Where an acknowledgment of service is authorised to be amended under this rule, a fresh acknowledgment, amended as so authorised, must be handed in at or sent by post to the appropriate office within the meaning of Order 12, rule 1(3), and Order 12, rule 4, shall apply accordingly.”