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502Amendment—of documents
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502 Amendment—of documents (1) At any stage of a proceeding, the court may give leave for a party to amend, or direct a party to amend, an originating process, anything written on an originating process, a pleading, an application or any other document filed in the court in a proceeding in the way it (2) The court may give leave, or give a direction, on application by the a direction under this rule.
Rule 503 (3) The court may give leave to make an amendment even if the effect of the amendment would be to include a cause of action arising after the proceeding was started. (4) If there is a mistake in the name or identity of a party, the court must give leave for, or direct the making of, amendments necessary to correct the mistake, even if the effect of the amendments is to substitute another person as a party. (5) This rule does not apply in relation to an amendment of an order. Note See r 6906 (Mistakes in orders or court certificates) for amendment of (6) This rule is subject to rule 503 (Amendment—after limitation period).