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17.—(1) Where Particulars of Objection have been lodged at the registry the petitioners may and if ordered to do so shall not more than twenty one days after the lodging of those Particulars lodge at the registry an Answer thereto and shall serve a copy thereof on each of the parties opponent.
(2) If any party objects to any pleading of an opposing party, or to any part of any such pleading as being irrelevant or bad in law he may, not more than fourteen days after it has been sent to him, lodge at the registry a notice in writing setting out his reasons for objecting thereto and he shall at the same time serve a copy of the said notice on each of the parties opponent; and a party whose pleading is so objected to may not more than fourteen days after the lodging of the said notice lodge in the registry and serve on the opposing party an amended pleading.
(3) Where objection has been taken to any pleading (including an amended pleading) under the last foregoing paragraph and no amended pleading has been lodged in respect of that objection within the time allowed the registrar shall lay the pleading before the chancellor, who shall either appoint a day to decide as a preliminary issue the matters raised by the objection or reserve them for decision at the general hearing of the case.
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