[Rev. 2012] Matrimonial Causes CAP. 152 10. Proof of service Unless otherwise directed, a petition shall not proceed to trial unless the respondent and every co-respondent thereto and every person named therein— (a) has entered an appearance; or (b) is shown by affidavit in Form 7 in the Appendix, which shall be filed, to have been served with the petition personally or in accordance with an order for substituted service; or (c) has returned to the advocate for the petitioner, or to the petitioner if he is acting in person, an acknowledgment of service in Form 8 in the Appendix, which shall be filed. 11. Service of other documents (1) Service of any document on a party who has not entered an appearance shall be personal service, unless otherwise directed, and, where any order or decree is personally served, the original or a certified copy thereof shall be produced to the person served at the time of service. (2) Any notice or other document by these Rules required to be served, but of which personal service is not required, may be served by leaving the same at the address for service furnished by or on behalf of the party on whom the document is to be served or by sending it by post to the said address. (3) A copy of every affidavit filed in support of or in answer to an application under rule 2 of these Rules or an application for ancillary relief, or in pursuance of an order for particulars, interrogatories or discovery, shall be delivered to the opposite party, if he has entered an appearance, at the address for service furnished by him within eight days after the affidavit has been filed and, if he has not entered an appearance and the time for appearance has not expired, a copy of such affidavit shall be personally served upon the opposite party with the originating summons or notice in support of which the affidavit is filed. 12. Entry of appearance (1) All appearances shall be entered by delivering to the registrar a memorandum in writing in Form 9 in the Appendix dated on the day of its delivery and containing the name of the advocate of the person entering an appearance or stating that that person appears in person and containing an address for service; the person entering the appearance shall at the same time deliver to the registrar a duplicate of the memorandum, which the officer shall issue as a certified copy and return to the person entering the appearance, and the duplicate memorandum so issued shall be a certificate that the appearance was entered as stated therein. (2) Notice of such appearance in Form 10 in the Appendix shall be given to the opposite party. (3) Upon receipt of the memorandum of appearance, the registrar shall forthwith enter the appearance in the book provided for the purpose. 13. Form of appearance (1) An appearance to a petition or originating summons may be under protest, and an appearance to a petition may be either general or limited to any M9 - 25 [Issue 1]