1988 Ed.] The Rules of the Supreme Court--Order 42
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Judgment, etc. requiring act to be done: time for doing it (O. 42, r. 2)
2. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a judgment or order which requires a person to do an act must specify the time after service of the judgment or order, or some other time, within which the act is to be done.
(2) Where the act which any person is required by any judgment or order to do is to pay money to some other person, give possession of any land or deliver any goods, a time within which the act is to be done need not be specified in the judgment or order by virtue of paragraph (1), but the foregoing provision shall not affect the power of the Court to specify such a time and to adjudge or order accordingly.
Date from which judgment or order takes effect (O. 42, r. 3)
3. (1) A judgment or order of the Court takes effect from the day of its date.
(2) Such a judgment or order shall be dated as of the day on which it is pronounced, given or made, unless the Court orders it to be dated as of some other earlier or later day, in which case it shall be dated as of that other day.
(3) A judgment or order shall take effect for the purposes of this rule notwithstanding that the reasons therefor may not be given until a later date.
Orders required to be drawn up (O. 42, r. 4)
4. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), every order of the Court shall be drawn up unless the Court otherwise directs.
(2) An order--
(a) which
(i) extends the period within which a person is required or authorized by these rules, or by any judgment, order or direction, to do any act, or
(ii) grants leave for the doing of any of the acts mentioned in paragraph (3), and
(b) which neither imposes any special terms nor includes any special directions other than a direction as to costs,
need not be drawn up unless the Court otherwise directs.
(3) The acts referred to in paragraph (2)(a)(ii) are-
(a) the issue of any writ, other than a writ of summons for service out of the jurisdiction;
(b) the amendment of a writ of summons or other originating process or a pleading;
(c) the filing of any document;
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1988 Ed.] The Rules of the Supreme Court--Order 42
[CAP. 4
Judgment, etc. requiring act to be done: time for doing it (O. 42, r. 2)
2. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a judgment or order which requires a person to do an act must specify the time after service of the judgment or order, or some other time, within which the act is to be done.
(2) Where the act which any person is required by any judgment or order to do is to pay money to some other person, give possession of any land or deliver any goods, a time within which the act is to be done need not be specified in the judgment or order by virtue of paragraph (1), but the foregoing provision shall not affect the power of the Court to specify such a time and to adjudge or order accordingly.
Date from which judgment or order takes effect (O. 42, r. 3)
3. (1) A judgment or order of the Court takes effect from the day of its date.
(2) Such a judgment or order shall be dated as of the day on which it is pronounced, given or made, unless the Court orders it to be dated as of some other earlier or later day, in which case it shall be dated as of that other day.
(3) A judgment or order shall take effect for the purposes of this rule notwithstanding that the reasons therefor may not be given until a later date.
Orders required to be drawn up (O. 42, r. 4)
4. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), every order of the Court shall be drawn up unless the Court otherwise directs.
(2) An order--
(a) which
(i) extends the period within which a person is required or authorized by these rules, or by any judgment, order or direction, to do any act, or
(ii) grants leave for the doing of any of the acts men- tioned in paragraph (3), and
(b) which neither imposes any special terms nor includes any
special directions other than a direction as to costs,
need not be drawn up unless the Court otherwise directs.
(3) The acts referred to in paragraph (2)(a)(ii) are-
(a) the issue of any writ, other than a writ of summons for
service out of the jurisdiction;
(b) the amendment of a writ of summons or other originating
process or a pleading;
(c) the filing of any document;
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