Supreme Court Rules 2000
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635 Return of order
(1) [Rule 635 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 26, Applied:20 Apr 2011] [Rule 635 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 26, Applied:20 Apr 2011] A person compellable by law to make a return to a first order for relief similar to mandamus is to make a return to the first order.
(2) [Rule 635 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 26, Applied:20 Apr 2011] [Rule 635 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 26, Applied:20 Apr 2011] [Rule 635 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 26, Applied:20 Apr 2011] Within the period allowed by the order or, if no period is fixed, within the period specified in rule 634 , a person to whom the order is directed is to file the order in the registry, together with a return signed by the person, certifying –
(a) [Rule 635 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 26, Applied:20 Apr 2011] that the act commanded by the order has been done; or
(b) [Rule 635 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 26, Applied:20 Apr 2011] if the order was not peremptory in the first instance, the reason why it has not been done.
(3) A copy of the return is to be served by the respondent on the prosecutor on the same day as it is filed.