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(3) The registrar may permit a claim to be made orally and shall cause it to be reduced to writing and shall supply a copy thereof to the claimant and, if the registrar thinks it appropriate, a translation thereof if it is reduced to writing in the English language.
(4) In any joint or representative claim--
(a) the registrar may permit the claim to be filed notwithstanding that it has not been signed by all the claimants or persons represented on condition that all the claimants or such persons shall do so before the date of hearing; and
(b) the name of a claimant or person represented who has not so signed the claim before the hearing may, if the tribunal so directs, be deleted from the claim and the amount of the claim reduced accordingly.
13. A claim shall contain-
(a) the name and address of each claimant, and, in the case of a representative claim, the name and address of each person represented;
(b) the name and address of each defendant;
(c) the sum of money claimed by each claimant or person represented;
(d) such particulars of the claim as are reasonably sufficient to inform the defendant of the ground for the claim and the manner in which the amount claimed by each claimant or person represented has been calculated.
14. (1) The registrar shall, when a claim has been filed-
(a) fix a place and date for hearing the claim which shall not be later than 60 days after the filing of the claim; and (Amended, 14 of 1986, s. 7)
(b) cause a copy of the written claim and a notice in the prescribed form of the date and place of hearing to be served on every defendant in the manner specified in subsection (2).
(2) Service of a copy of the written claim and the notice of hearing-
(a) shall be carried out by such person as may be appointed by the registrar for the purpose; and
(b) shall be effected-
(i) by delivering them personally to the defendant;
(ii) by leaving them with some person for him at his last known place of residence or business; (Replaced, 49 of 1979, s. 2)
Contents of claim.
Service of claim and notice of hearing.
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(3) The registrar may permit a claim to be made orally and shall cause it to be reduced to writing and shall supply a copy thereof to the claimant and, if the registrar thinks it appropriate, a transla- tion thereof if it is reduced to writing in the English language.
(4) In any joint or representative claim--
(a) the registrar may permit the claim to be filed notwith- standing that it has not been signed by all the claimants or persons represented on condition that all the claimants or such persons shall do so before the date of hearing; and
(b) the name of a claimant or person represented who has not so signed the claim before the hearing may, if the tribunal so directs, be deleted from the claim and the amount of the claim reduced accordingly.
13. A claim shall contain-
(a) the name and address of each claimant, and, in the case of a representative claim, the name and address of each person represented;
(b) the name and address of each defendant;
(c) the sum of money claimed by each claimant or person
represented;
(d) such particulars of the claim as are reasonably sufficient to inform the defendant of the ground for the claim and the manner in which the amount claimed by each claimant or person represented has been calculated.
14. (1) The registrar shall, when a claim has been filed-
(a) fix a place and date for hearing the claim which shall not be later than 60 days after the filing of the claim; and (Amended, 14 of 1986, s. 7)
(b)
cause a copy of the written claim and a notice in the prescribed form of the date and place of hearing to be served on every defendant in the manner specified in subsection (2).
(2) Service of a copy of the written claim and the notice of hearing-
(a) shall be carried out by such person as may be appointed by
the registrar for the purpose; and
(b) shall be effected-
(i) by delivering them personally to the defendant;
(ii) by leaving them with some person for him at his last known place of residence or business; (Replaced, 49 of 1979, s. 2)
Contents of claim.
Service of
claim and notice of hearing.
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