Supreme Court Rules 2000
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128A Fictitious address
[Rule 128A Inserted by S.R. 2003, No. 139, Applied:26 Nov 2003]
(1) If satisfied that an address for service of a person is illusory, fictitious or in some other way not genuine or appropriate, the Court or a judge may make any order that is appropriate to deal with the situation.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subrule (1) , the Court or judge may make one or more of the following orders under that subrule:
(a) an order setting aside a notice of appearance;
(b) an order providing for service of documents;
(c) an order dispensing with service.
(3) If a notice of appearance is set aside under subrule (1) then, unless it is ordered otherwise, a document may be served on the person who filed the notice of appearance by filing the document in the registry.