CAP. 152
Matrimonial Causes
[Rev. 2012]
adulterer endorsed with a notice in accordance with Form 11 in the Appendix that
he is entitled within the time thereby limited to apply for leave to intervene in the
cause.
18. Reply
(1) No reply shall be filed without leave except where relief is claimed in the
answer, in which case a reply may be filed within fourteen days from the delivery
of the answer.
(2) No subsequent pleading shall be filed except by leave.
19. Amendment of originating summons, etc.
Any originating summons, notice of an application for ancillary relief, summons,
pleading or other document may be amended by leave, subject to any directions
as to re-service and as to consequential amendment of pleadings already filed.
20. Pleadings out of time
No pleading shall be filed out of time without leave after a step in default has
been taken.
21. Particulars
(1) Any party may by letter require any other party to furnish particulars of any
allegation or other matter pleaded, and, if such other party fails to furnish such
particulars within a reasonable time, the party requiring the particulars may apply
for an order that particulars be given.
(2) All particulars, whether given in pursuance of an order or otherwise, shall
be filed together with an affidavit in support within eight days of being furnished to
the party requiring them.
22. Delivery of subsequent pleadings
A copy of every answer (other than an answer of which personal service is
required), reply and subsequent pleading shall within eight days after it is filed be
delivered to the opposite parties or their advocates.
23. Discovery
(1) A party to a matrimonial cause may by leave deliver interrogatories in writing
for the examination of an opposite party.
(2) A copy of the interrogatories proposed to be delivered shall be lodged in the
Divorce Registry when the summons is issued and a further copy shall be served
with the summons.
(3) Interrogatories shall, unless otherwise ordered, be answered by affidavit to
be filed within ten days.
(4) A party to a matrimonial cause may apply for an order for discovery of
documents by an opposite party, and such opposite party may be ordered to make
such general or limited discovery on oath as the judge shall think fit.
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