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High Court (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2005

REPUBLIC OF FIJI ISLANDS

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[LEGAL NOTICE NO. 59]

HIGH COURT ACT
(CHAPTER 13)
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HIGH COURT (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) RULES 2005

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon me by Section 25 of the High Court Act, I hereby make the following Rules:

Citation

1.-(1) These Rules may be cited as the High Court (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2005 and shall come into force upon publication in the Gazette.

(2) In these Rules "the principal Rules" means the High Court Rules 1988.

Repeal

2. Rule 2 of the High Court (Amendment) Rules 2005 is repealed.

Replacement of Order 3, Rule 5

3. Order 3 rule 5 of the principal Rules is replaced by the following rule:

"Notice of intention to proceed after 6 months delay (O.3, r.5)

5. Where six months or more have elapsed since the last proceeding in a cause or matter, a party intending to proceed must give not less than one month's notice of that intention to every other party.

An application on which no order was made is not a proceeding for the purpose of this rule.".

Made at Suva this 21st day of October 2005.

D.V. FATIAKI
Chief Justice