1988 Ed.] The Rules of the Supreme Court-Order 50
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A 197
(2) A person claiming to be so entitled must file in the Registry---
(a) an affidavit identifying the securities in question and describing his interest therein by reference to the document under which it arises, and
(b) a notice in Form No. 80 in Appendix A (a stop notice), signed by the deponent to the affidavit, and annexed to it, addressed to the body or unit trust concerned,
and must serve an office copy of the affidavit, and a copy of the notice sealed with the Seal of the Court on that person or body as provided in rule 2(1)(b).
(3) There must be endorsed on the affidavit filed under this rule a note stating the address to which any such notice as is referred to in rule 12 is to be sent and, subject to paragraph (4), that address shall for the purpose of that rule be the address for service of the person on whose behalf the affidavit is filed.
(4) A person on whose behalf an affidavit under this rule is filed may change his address for service for the purpose of rule 12 by serving on the person or body concerned, a notice to that effect, and as from the date of service of such a notice the address stated therein shall for the purpose of that rule be the address for service of that person.
Effect of stop notice (O. 50, r. 12)
12. Where a stop notice has been served in accordance with rule 11, then, so long as the stop notice is in force, the person or body on which it is served shall not register a transfer of the securities or take any other steps restrained by the stop notice until 14 days after sending notice thereof, by ordinary pre-paid post, to the person on whose behalf the stop notice was filed, but shall not by reason only of that notice refuse to register a transfer, or to take any other step, after the expiry of that period.
Amendment of stop notice (O. 50, r. 13)
13. If any securities are incorrectly described in a stop notice which has been filed and of which a sealed copy has been served in accordance with rule 11, an amended stop notice may be filed and served in accordance with the same procedure and shall take effect as a stop notice on the day on which the sealed copy of the amended notice is served.
Withdrawal, etc. of stop notice (O. 50, r. 14)
14. (1) The person on whose behalf a stop notice was filed may withdraw it by serving a request for its withdrawal on the person or body on whom the notice was served.
(2) Such request must be signed by the person on whose behalf the notice was filed and his signature must be witnessed by a practising solicitor.
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