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Civil Procedure Code (Amendment) Act (No. 79 of 1988) - Sect 9

Replacement of section 93 of the principal enactment

9. Section 93 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
93. (1) The court may, in exceptional circumstances and for reasons to be recorded, at any hearing of the action, or at any time in the presence of, or after reasonable notice to all the parties to the action, before final judgment, amend all pleadings and processes in the action by way of addition, or of alteration or of omission.
(2) Every order for amendment made under this section shall be upon such terms as to costs and postponement of the date fixed for the filing of answer, or replication, or for the hearing of the cast or otherwise, as the court may think fit.
(3) The amendments or additions made in pursuance of an order under this section shall be clearly written on the pleadings or processes affected by the order; or if it cannot be conveniently so done, a fair draft of the document as altered shall be appended to the document intended to be amended and every such amendment or alteration shall be initialled by the judge.".


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