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Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Rules 1998
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### 13 Parties joined in a proceeding
> > (1) [*\[Rule 13 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2013, No. 69, Applied:04 Sep 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-09-04/sr-2013-069#GS13@Hpa@EN) The Court is to ensure that all necessary parties to a proceeding are joined in the proceeding.
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> > (2) [*\[Rule 13 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2013, No. 69, Applied:04 Sep 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-09-04/sr-2013-069#GS13@Hpb@EN) A proceeding is not defeated if parties to the proceeding –
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> > > > (a) are incorrectly joined; or
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> > > > (b) fail to be joined.