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Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Rules 1998
10Directions as to practice and procedure
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### 10 Directions as to practice and procedure
> [*\[Rule 10 Substituted by S.R. 2013, No. 69, Applied:04 Sep 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-09-04/sr-2013-069#GS8@EN) If the manner or form of commencing a proceeding, taking a step or carrying out a process in a proceeding or doing any other thing is not prescribed by these rules or any Act –
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> > > (a) the Court, of its own motion or on the application of a party or a district registrar, may give directions as to the procedural steps to be taken; or
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> > > (b) in the absence of any order to the contrary, the Court may adopt, with the necessary modification it thinks fit, the practice and procedure of the Supreme Court.