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52.—(1) On cause shown, the court may sist a case either indefinitely or to a date or event specified.
(2) Where a case is sisted for a party to obtain legal aid, the initial period of sist is to be the period needed for the party to lodge the application for legal aid.
(3) A further sist for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (2) is not to be granted unless the court is satisfied that the person applying for legal aid has taken all reasonable steps to proceed with that application without delay.
53.—(1) Where, in any case, no order has been pronounced during a continuous period of twelve months, the court may pronounce an order requiring the applicant to intimate, within such period as is specified in the order, proposals for further procedure in the case.
(2) If such intimation is not made timeously the application may be treated as abandoned and disposed of by the court accordingly.
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