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Citation and commencement

27.  Order 28, rule 3, shall be amended as follows:—

(1) In paragraph (1) for the words “to which an appearance is required to be entered” there shall be substituted the words “which is in Form No. 8 in Appendix A” and for the words “entered an appearance” there shall be substituted the words “acknowledged service of the summons”.

(2) In paragraph (2) for the words “to which appearance is not required” there shall be substituted the words “which is in Form No. 10 in Appendix A”, and at the end after the words “every defendant” there shall be added the words “or, if any defendant has already been served with the summons, must serve on that defendant notice of the day fixed for the hearing”.

(3) In paragraph (3) for the words “who has entered an appearance” to the end there shall be substituted the words “who, in the case of a summons in Form No. 8 in Appendix A, has acknowledged service of the summons or, in the case of a summons in Form No. 10 in Appendix A, has been served with the summons”.