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Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Rules 1998
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61 Scandalous material
(1) The Court, on the application of a party, may order that any of the following matters contained in an affidavit be struck out or removed from the file:
(a) any material that is scandalous, unnecessary, irrelevant, prolix or argumentative;
(b) any opinion other than the opinion of a person properly qualified to give it.
(2) [Rule 61 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2009, No. 78, Applied:08 Jul 2009] In an order made under subrule (1), the Court may order that the costs of the application be paid on a solicitor and client basis.