Amendment of Order 24.
Amendment of Onder 35.
Amendment of Order 27.
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(b) the court which made the finding and the
proceedings in which it was made, and
(c) the issue in the proceedings to which the
finding is relevant.
(3) Where a party's pleading includes such a stalement as is mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2). then if the opposite party-
(a) denies the conviction or finding of adultery
to which the statement relates, or
(b) alleges that the conviction or finding was
erroneous, or
(c) denies that the conviction or finding is
relevant to any issue in the proceedings,
he must make the denial or allegation in bis pleading.".
3. Order 24, rule 2 of the principal rules is amended in paragraph (3) by deleting "or as requiring a defendant to an action to enforce a forfeiture to make discovery of any documents relating to the issue of forfeiture".
4.
Order 25 of the principal rules is amended by deleting rule 3 and substituting the following-
"Particular matters for consideration.
3. On the hearing of the summons for directions the Court shall in particular consider, if necessary of its own motion, whether any order should be made or direction given in the exercise of the powers conferred by any of the following provisions, that is to say-
(Cp. 8)
(a) any provision of Part IIA of the Evidence Ordinance (bearsay evidence in civil proceedings) or of the Evidence (Hearsay) Rules 1970;
(b) Order 20, rule 5. Order 38, rules 2 to 7 and Order
75, rule 25(4).",
5. Order 27 of the principal rules is amended, in rules 2(1), 4(2) and 5(1) and (2), by deleting "14 days" wherever it occurs and substituting the following-
"21 days".
AmendmentOf Order 38.
6. Order 38 is amended-
(a) in the heading, by deleting “: GENERAL";
(b) before rule 1, by inserting the following sub-heading—
"I. GENERAL RULES":
(c) before rule 14, by inserting the following sub-heading-
"IL Warts of SUBPOENA.".
7.
Order 75 is amended→→→
(a) by deleting rule 25(1) and substituting the following-
"Summons for directions,
25. (1) Order 25 shall apply to Admiralty actions (other than limitation actions and actions ordered to be tried as Admiralty short causes) as
it applies to other actions, except thai-
(a) the summons for directions shall be retum-
able in not less than seven weeks;
(6) any notice under Order 25, rule 7(1), must be served within 21 days after service of the summons for directions on the party giving the notice; and
(c) unless a judge in person otherwise directs, the summons for directions shall be heard by a judge in person.";
(6) in rule 31(3), by inserting at the end of paragraph (6)
the following-
"and fix the period within which any notice under rule 3 of the Evidence (Hearsay) Rules 1970 must be served.":
(c) by deleting rule 32 and substituting the following-
"Further provisions with respect to evidence.
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32. (1) Notwithstanding anything in Order 38, rule 8, rules 1, 2 and 4 of that Order shall not apply to a reference to the Registrar.
(3) Unless the Court otherwise directs, rule 3 of the Evidence (Hearsay) Rules 1970 shall not apply in relation to any statement which is admis- sible in evidence by virtue of section 38B 38D or 38E of the Evidence Ordinance and which an applicant for judgment in default under rule 19 or 21 desires to give in evidence at the hearing of the motion by which the application for judgment is made.
Amendment of Order 75.
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