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1610 Orders—time for compliance
(1) An order in a proceeding requiring a person to perform an act must
state the time within which the person is required to perform the act.
(2) If an order in a proceeding requires a person to perform an act
immediately or immediately on the happening of a stated event or to
perform an act but does not state a time for the performance, the court
may, by order, state a time within which the person must perform the
act.
(3) An order requiring a person to perform an act must have written on it
or attached to it the following statement or a statement to the same
effect:
‘If you, [state name of person required to perform act], do not
obey this order within the time stated in it, a court proceeding
may be taken to compel you to obey it.’
(4) The court may amend a time stated in an order for the performance of
an act.