6Rules of Court

6 Rules of Court

(1)  Rules of Court may be made under section 197 of the Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932 for the purposes of this Act, notwithstanding any want of power under that section.

(2)  In particular but without limiting the generality of subsection (1) , Rules of Court made pursuant to that subsection may –

(a) substitute for a writ of summons a notice of the plaintiff's claim and call the notice a writ and make it operate as a writ;

(b) change the definition of "action";

(c) prescribe what jurisdiction shall be exercised in court and in chambers;

(d) provide for changing the course of any proceeding before or during the proceeding;

(e) provide for modes and forms of proceedings, originating and otherwise; and

(f) provide for the lodging and filing of documents in the Registry and when those acts shall be deemed to have occurred.