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Civil Procedure Rules

This Order is referred to in the following SIs: Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2001 (32).
RSC 10 revoked w/e from 15 October 2001,
RSC Order 10 revoked w/e from 15th October 2001.
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RSC ORDER 10

SERVICE OF ORIGINATING PROCESS: GENERAL PROVISIONS

SERVICE OF CLAIM FORM IN CERTAIN ACTIONS FOR POSSESSION OF LAND

Rule 4   
Where a claim form contains a claim for the possession of land, the court may --
(a)  
if satisfied on an application without notice being served on any other party that no person appears to be in possession of the land and that service cannot be otherwise effected on any defendant, authorise service on that defendant to be effected by affixing a copy of the claim form to some conspicuous part of the land;
(b)  
if satisfied on such an application that no person appears to be in possession of the land and that service could not otherwise have been effected on any defendant, order that service already effected by affixing a copy of the claim form to some conspicuous part of the land shall be treated as good service on that defendant.

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This Rule is referred to in: Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2001 (3).