44. In Order 77, rule 2 (2), the word “Where” shall be omitted and for the words “the Crown enters an appearance in the Central Office or the Admiralty Registry” there shall be substituted the words “the Crown may acknowledge service of the writ either in the district registry or, at the option of the Crown, in the Central Office or, in the case of an Admiralty action, in the Admiralty Registry, and where service is acknowledged in the Central Office or the Admiralty Registry, the action shall thereafter proceed in the Royal Courts of Justice and”.