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IN CHINA AND JAPAN,

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giving fee;

266. If a pauper gives or agrees to give any fee, profit, recompense, Pauper dis or reward for the despatch of his business in Court, he shall be deemed paupered for guilty of a contempt of Court, and he shall also be forthwith dispaupered, and shall not be afterwards admitted again in that suit to sue or defend in form pauperis.

267. A person admitted to sue or defend in forma pauperis may be or for insufficient dispaupered, by order of the Court, on its appearing that he was not poverty. when admitted, or no longer is, of sufficient poverty, or that he is abusing his privilege by vexatious proceedings.

Computation of Time.

268. Where by these Rules, or any special order or the course of the Days. Court, any limited time from or after any date or event is appointed or allowed for the doing of any act or the taking of any proceeding, and such time is not limited by hours, the computation of such limited time does not include the day of such date or of the happening of such event but commences at the beginning of the next following day, and the act or proceeding must be done or taken at the latest on the last day of such limited time according to such computation.

holydays, when

269. Where the limited time so appointed or allowed is less than six Sundays and days, the following days shall not be reckoned in the computation of such not reckoned. time: namely, Sundays, Good Friday, Monday and Tuesday in Easter week, Christmas Day, and the day before and the day next after Christmas Day.

270. Where the time for the doing of any act or the taking of any proceeding expires on one of the days last-mentioned, the act or proceeding holyday. shall be considered as done or taken in due time if done or taken on the next day afterwards, that is, not one of the last-mentioned days.

Time expiring on Sunday or

of security

271. The day on which an order that a plaintiff do give security Time in case for costs is served, and the time thenceforward until and including for costs. the day on which such security is given, shall not be reckoned in the computation of the time allowed to a defendant for putting in his answer.

Supplemental Statement.

cumstancON

suit.

272. Facts or circumstances occurring after the institution of a suit, Facts or cir- may, by leave of the Court, be introduced by way of amendment into the occurring after petition or answer (as the case may require) at any stage of the proceedings, and the Court may make such order as seems just respecting the proof of such facts or circumstances, or for affording all parties concerned leave and opportunity to meet the statements so introduced.

Death of Party or other Change.

transmission

liability.

273. Where, pending a suit, any change or transmission of interest Change or or liability occurs in relation to any party to the suit, or any party to the of interest or suit dies or (being a woman) marries, or the suit is in any other way rendered defective or incapable of being carried on, any person interested may, on motion ex parte, obtain from the Court such order as is requisite for curing the defect, or enabling or compelling proper parties to carry on the proceedings.

But it shall be open to any person served with such an order within such time, not exceeding fourteen days, as the Court in the order directs, to apply to the Court by motion to discharge such order.

Adjournment.

274. Nothing in those Rules shall affect the power of the Court (for Power of Court. reasons to be recorded in the minutes of proceedings) to defer or adjourn

the hearing or determination of any suit, matter, proceeding, or applica-

tion, for such time and on such terms (if any) as justice requires.

Amendment.

275. Nothing in these Rules shall affect the power of the Court (for Power of Court, reasons to be recorded in the minutes of proceedings) to order or allow any