Limited application of English rules.
Form of register.
Call-over day and list and proceedings thereon.
10. Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance, in all cases with respect to which no provision is made in these rules or in the Code in its application to the Court, the practice and procedure for the time being in force in the Supreme Court in England shall be deemed to be in force in the Court subject to the applicability thereof and with such modifications as the circumstances may require.
Register of Civil Actions,
11. (1) The Registrar shall cause to be kept, in respect of each district of the Court, a register to be called the "Register of Civil Actions" in the form heretofore adopted, or in such form as the Chief Justice may from time to time direct, and shall cause each such register to be maintained by proper entries therein in relation to all actions and proceedings in the Court.
(2) Every action or proceeding in each district shall be numbered in each year according to the order in which the same is commenced. (3) Rule 5 of Order 31 of the Code shall not apply to any pro- ceedings in the Court.
Weekly call-over and list.
12. (1) Not less than once weekly, unless it is otherwise ordered by a judge or by the Registrar, upon such day, hereinafter referred to as the call-over day, as a judge or the Registrar shall from time to time appoint for the purpose, either generally or specially with respect to each district, a judge in each district shall cause to be called in open
court-
(a) all proceedings the subject of writs of summons or other pro-
cess made returnable on such day:
(8) all proceedings which, or the trial of which, shall by order have been set down for, adjourned to or made returnable on such day:
(c) all such proceedings as the Registrar, under rule 44, may order
to be called on such day:
(d) all such interlocutory and other proceedings and matters as shall have been set down for, adjoumed to or made returnable on such day; and
(e) all such other proceedings as a judge shall, on proper notice
to the parties, have required to be called on such day,
and the judge shall forthwith proceed to deal therewith in accordance with such of the powers vested in the Court by the Ordinance and these rules, or by any other enactment, as he may think appropriate in each case.
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(2) Before each call-over day the Registrar shall prepare a list of the proceedings and matters to be called on such day and shall cause the same to be exhibited in a conspicuous position in or about the court building.
(3) It, when a proceeding is called, the plaintiff does not appear the Court may, if it thinks fit, strike out the proceeding from the list. (4) Roles 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of Order 12 of the Code shall not apply to any proceedings in the Court.
Indorsements of writs.
13. No writ of summons specially indorsed with a statement of the No specially claim made by the plaintiff, or of the remedy or relief to which he indossed wri claims to be entitled, for the purpose of obtaluing summary judgment procedure. thereon, shall issue in the Court, and no provision of the Code relating to specially indorsed writs shall apply to the Court except in so far as
any such provision is specifically enacted in these rules.
COSES.
14. (1) Where the plaintiff's claim is for a debt or liquidated Indorsement demand only, the writ, in addition to stating in the particulars of claim for fixed the nature of the claim, the amount claimed for debt or in respect of such demand, and for any interest thereon payable by law or under any contract, express or implied, shall be indorsed with a statement that, on payment thereof and of the amount of the fixed costs allowed by the District Court Civil Procedure (Costs) Rules, 1963, within three days (L.N. 25/63). after service or, in the case of a writ not for service within the jurisdic- tion, within the time allowed for appearance, further proceedings will be stayed and the defendant will not be liable for further costs.
(2) Where the plaintiff's claim is for recovery of immovable prop- erty, the writ, in addition to stating in the particulars of claim the grounds upon which the claim is made and the arrears of rent claimed, if any, and the rate at which and period in respect of which mesne profits are claimed, shall be indorsed with a statement that, on the defendant giving up possession of the property to the plaintiff and paying the arrears of rent, if any, and the mesne profits up to the date on which possession is given up as aforesaid and the amount of the fixed costs allowed by the District Court Civil Procedure (Costs) Rules, (L.M 25/63), 1963, within the period mentioned in paragraph (1), further proceedings will be stayed and the defendant will not be liable for further costs.
15. Where an action for the recovery of money lent by a money- Indorsement, lender or for the enforcement of any agreement or security relating to money- any such money is brought by the lender or by an assignee of the lender, action. the particulars of claim shall state, in addition to any other particulars-
lender's
(a) that at the time of making the loan or contract the plaintiff or, in an action by an assignee, the original assignor was a registered money-leader under the Money-lenders Ordinance: (Cap. 163).
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