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### 635 Return of order
> > (1) [*\[Rule 635 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 26, Applied:20 Apr 2011\]*](/view/html/inforce/2011-04-20/sr-2011-026#GS18@Hpb@EN) [*\[Rule 635 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 26, Applied:20 Apr 2011\]*](/view/html/inforce/2011-04-20/sr-2011-026#GS18@Hpa@EN) 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.
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> > (2) [*\[Rule 635 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 26, Applied:20 Apr 2011\]*](/view/html/inforce/2011-04-20/sr-2011-026#GS18@Hpe@EN) [*\[Rule 635 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 26, Applied:20 Apr 2011\]*](/view/html/inforce/2011-04-20/sr-2011-026#GS18@Hpd@EN) [*\[Rule 635 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 26, Applied:20 Apr 2011\]*](/view/html/inforce/2011-04-20/sr-2011-026#GS18@Hpc@EN) Within the period allowed by the order or, if no period is fixed, within the period specified in [rule 634](#GS634@EN) , 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 –
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> > > > (a) [*\[Rule 635 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 26, Applied:20 Apr 2011\]*](/view/html/inforce/2011-04-20/sr-2011-026#GS18@Hpf@EN) that the act commanded by the order has been done; or
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> > > > (b) [*\[Rule 635 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 26, Applied:20 Apr 2011\]*](/view/html/inforce/2011-04-20/sr-2011-026#GS18@Hpg@EN) if the order was not peremptory in the first instance, the reason why it has not been done.
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> > (3) A copy of the return is to be served by the respondent on the prosecutor on the same day as it is filed.