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High Court Rules 1952
29Affidavit in support of application
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29 Affidavit in support of application
A person may not sue, defend or become a party as a poor person unless he or his solicitor produces to the Court or Justice to whom the application is made the case laid before counsel for his opinion and his opinion on the case with an affidavit (referring to the case as an exhibit) of the party or his solicitor which:
(a) states that the case contains a full and true statement of all the material facts to the best of his knowledge and belief;
(b) denies that the applicant has directly or indirectly paid or agreed to pay a sum of money, or has given or agreed to give a security, to a legal practitioner or to another person for the conduct of the proceedings in the Court or states fully the special circumstances relied upon in excuse; and
(c) gives full information and particulars as to the assets and liabilities of the applicant, his income from all sources, the persons dependent upon him and the nature and extent of the dependency of each of them respectively.