SUPREME COURT ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 4).
CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3)
RULES 1966.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Supreme Court Ordinance, We, the Rules Committee, hereby make the following rules-
1. These rules may be cited as the Code of Civil Procedure Citation. (Amendment) (No. 3) Rules 1966.
2. Order II of the Code of Civil Procedure (hereinafter referred Amendment to as the principal rules) is amended by the revocation of rules 27 to af Order II.
(Vol. VII, 36 inclusive and the deletion of the subheadings "Service of process in general." and "Service of process in particular cases.", and the sub- stitution therefor of the following
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27, (1) Subject to the provisions of any Ordinance and these rules, a writ must be served personally on each defendant by the plaintiff or his agent.
(2) Where a defendant's solicitor endorses on the writ a statement that he accepts service of the writ on behalf of the defendant, the writ shall be deemed to have been duly served on that defendant and to have been so served on the date on which the endorsement was made.
(3) Where a writ is not duly served on a defendant but he enters an unconditional appearance in the action begun by the writ, the writ shall be deemed to have been duly served on him and to have been so served on the date on which he entered the appearance.
(4) Where a writ is duly served on a defendant other- wise than by virtue of paragraph (2) or (3) then (subject to rule 37), unless within three days after service the person serving it endorses on it the following particulars, that is to say, the day of the week and the date on which it was served, and, where he is not the defendant, the capacity in which he was served, the plaintiff in the action begun by the writ shall not be entitled to enter final or interlocutory judgment against the defendant in default of appearance or in default of defence.
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