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1.

Citation.

2.

Commencement.

3.

Orders.

4.

5.

6.

Designation of parties to proceedings.

7.

Filling of documents.

8.

Computation of time.

9.

Chambers.

10.

11.

On hearing of ancillary proceedings, further applications may be made.

12.

13.

Schedules and Forms.

14.

Compliance with Forms.

1.

reconciliation.

2.

1.

Institution of proceedings.

2.

How proceedings instituted.

3.

Proceedings to be numbered.

4.

How applications instituted.

5.

Parties to application.

6.

Service of copy of application.

7.

Affidavits in support of application.

8.

Affidavit in answer and in reply.

1.

Application may be made ex-parte.

2.

Affidavit in support of application.

3.

Marriage certificate to be filed with application.

4.

Service of copy of order.

1.

Particulars of parties, &c., to be included in petition.

2.

Particulars of date and place of birth of parties.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Particulars of previous proceedings.

7.

Condonation, connivance and collusion.

8.

Particulars of other orders sought.

9.

10.

Petition to be verified.

11.

12.

13.

Statement in petition when petitioner has committed adultery.

14.

15.

16.

Petition for dissolution of marriage where there is presumption of death of a spouse.

17.

Death of person specified in petition.

18.

19.

Ground for relief to be stated in petition.

20.

Petition to state domicile at time of marriage.

21.

Petition for nullity-voidable marriage.

22.

Arrangements for welfare of children.

23.

24.

Application of certain rules to petition for judicial separation.

25.

26.

Petition for restitution of conjugal rights.

27.

28.

29.

Time for answer or reply to be specified in notice of petition or notice of proceedings.

30.

Notice of petition or of proceedings in force for twelve months.

31.

32.

1.

Manner of service.

2.

Personal service.

3.

Service by post.

4.

When service effected if posted to address for service, &c.

5.

Service in Convention countries.

6.

7.

Substituted Service.

8.

Service of petitions.

9.

Service of answer.

10.

State petitions and answers.

11.

Service of petition, &c., on infant.

12.

Service of petition, on person of unsound mind.

13.

Proof of personal service of document.

14.

Proof of service of document by post.

15.

Proof of service by posting document to an address.

16.

17.

18.

Presumption of due service and date of service where notice of address for service filed.

1.

2.

Answer seeking dissolution, &c., of marriage.

3.

4.

Reply.

5.

Reply under protest.

6.

Rejoinder.

7.

Further rejoinder.

8.

9.

When allegations in pleadings deemed to be admitted.

10.

11.

Affidavit verifying pleading.

12.

Service of pleading.

13.

Withdrawal of pleading.

1.

Amendments that may be made.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Notice of application for leave to amend.

6.

7.

Amendment not effective until served.

8.

9.

Consequential amendment of subsequent pleading.

10.

Supplementary petitions and supplementary answers.

11.

Contents of supplementary petition.

12.

Contents of supplementary answer.

13

14.

15.

Service of supplementary petitions and supplementary answers.

16.

Time for filing an answer to a supplementary petition or reply to supplementary answer.

17.

Pleading to supplementary petition or supplementary answer.

1.

Certain persons not parties to proceedings.

2.

How certain persons named become parties.

3.

Allegation of adultery or sodomy with person unknown.

4.

Amendment when of adulterer, &c., becomes known.

5.

6.

Certain infants are not parties to proceedings

7.

Incest with infant.

8.

Institution of proceedings by infants.

9.

10.

11.

Separate representation of child.

12.

Application of these Rules to infants.

13.

14.

Institution of proceedings by persons of unsound.

15.

Respondents, &c., who are persons of unsound mind.

16.

Intervention by person of unsound mind.

17.

Application of these Rules to persons of unsound mind.

18.

19.

20.

Attorney-General may act as guardian of person of unsound mind.

21.

Appointment of friend as guardian of person of unsound mind.

22.

23.

Appointment of Public Trustee to be guardian of person of unsound mind.

24.

Order appointing guardian ad litem to be served.

25.

26.

Notice of appointment of guardian ad litem.

27.

Legal Practitioner acting as guardian.

1.

Effect of failure to file pleading within due time.

2.

Default of pleading by infant or person of unsound mind.

3.

Time for filing answer or reply by guardian.

1.

2.

Application to persons of unsound mind.

3.

Time when pleadings in a defended suit complete.

4.

Particulars.

5.

Discovery.

6.

Affidavit of discover.

7.

Discovery of particular document.

8.

9.

10.

Order for production of documents generally.

11.

Order for production of particulars documents.

12.

13.

14.

Non-compliance with order for discovery, 

15.

16.

Admission of facts.

17.

Notice to admit documents.

18.

Notice to admit facts.

19.

Affidavit of signature to admissions.

20.

21.

22.

Appointment of medical inspector upon the trial of proceedings.

23.

24.

Service of notice of appointment of medical inspector.

25.

Medical inspector's oath and identification of person to be examined.

26.

27.

Failure to comply with provisions of this Part.

28.

29.

Form, and contents of discretion statements.

30.

Service of notice of allegation on spouse.

31.

Service of notice on spouse.

32.

Disclosing discretion statement.

33.

34.

Conference to be held before certain suits set down for trial.

35.

36.

Conference where both parties represented by legal practitioner.

37.

Conference where a party not represented by legal practitioner.

38.

Consolidation of proceedings.

39.

Setting undefended suit for trial.

40.

Request to set defend suit down for trial.

41.

Setting defended suit down for trial.

42.

Service of request to set suit for trial.

43.

Request to set suit down for trial.

44.

Place at which suit may be set down for trial.

45.

Date of trial.

46.

Notice of venue.

47.

Change of venue.

48.

Expediting trial of suit.

49

Time of trial..

1.

Decree of dissolution of marriage.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Adultery of party who has established ground for dissolution or judicial separation.

6.

Death of party after decree nisi but before decree becomes absolute.

7.

Decree absolute.

8.

Rescission where parties reconciled.

9.

Rescission on ground of miscarriage of justice.

1.

Intervention by Attorney-General.

2.

Intervention by Attorney-General after decree nisi.

3.

1.

2.

Certain proceedings may be instituted without the leave of the court.

3.

Application for leave to institute proceedings for ancillary relief

4.

Particulars to be included in application for ancillary relief.

5.

Defence to proceedings for ancillary relief.

6.

Forms for application for ancillary relief.

7.

8.

Matters to be Specified in Assessment.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Default in payment of amount assessed.

13.

14.

Consent orders for maintenance pending the disposal of proceedings

15.

Determination of claim for maintenance by the court.

16.

Ex parte application for maintenance pending suit.

17.

Application for certificate of means.

18.

19.

Certificate of means to be evidence.

20.

21.

Respondent may make application for custody pending disposal of proceedings.

22.

Application for custody pending disposal of proceedings.

23.

Ex parte application for custody.

24.

Party who claims custody to disclose any adultery.

25.

Application for custody of a child by a person other than a parent of the child.

26.

Variation of orders.

1.

2.

3.

Circumstances in which proof of service of petition or answer unnecessary.

4.

Evidence of when letter delivered in ordinary course of poet.

5.

6.

Affidavit evidence on the hearing of other proceedings.

7.

8.

Document to be produced if extract set forth in affidavit.

9.

Exhibits.

10.

11.

Before whom affidavit may be sworn.

12.

13.

Affidavit to contain occupation and address of deponent.

14.

15.

Affidavit made by two or more deponents.

16.

Affidavit to be filed before being used.

17.

18.

Irrelevant matter.

19.

20.

Affidavit by illiterate of blind persons.

1.

Affirmations.

2.

Defective affidavits.

1.

2.

3.

Demand for compliance with decree.

4.

Leave to enforce decree by attachment or sequestration.

5.

When sequestration may be ordered.

6.

Discharged of writ of sequestration.

7.

8.

Application to High Court for attachment of earnings order.

9.

Form of attachment of earnings order.

10.

Service of orders.

11.

Service on the Government of the Federation &c.

12.

Certificate of posting to be evidence.

13.

Notice that attachment of earnings order has ceased to have effect.

14.

15.

16.

Practice and procedure of courts of summary jurisdiction.

17.

Other means of enforcing decrees.

18.

Definitions.

19.

Application of this part of warrants and writs.

20.

Execution of warrants and writs in other States.

21.

How person arrested in other State or the Federal Capital Territory dealt with.

22.

How property seized in another State or the Federal Territory dealt with.

23.

24.

25.

Certificate as to payments under maintenance order.

26.

Registration of decree in another court.

27.

Cost of proceedings to register decree.

28.

Decree not to be enforced unless affidavit of liability filed.

29.

30.

Registration of maintenance orders in courts of summary jurisdiction.

31.

32.

33.

Cancellation of registration.

34.

Notification of registration of maintenance order.

1.

2.

3.

Notice of home to be given by husband.

4.

5.

Cancellation and variation of notices.

6.

Service of notice of home.

7.

Conduct money.

1.

2.

Sealing of documents and issued of office copies.

3.

4.

Indexes to be kept.

5.

Register of documents to be kept.

6.

7.

Searches.

1.

2.

3.

4.

Registrar to decide disputed fees.

5.

1.

2.

3.

Court or registrar may relieve from consequences of non-compliance.

4.

Application to set aside for irregularity.

1.

Application of this Order.

2.

Form of petition.

3.

Contents of petition.

4.

5.

Form of petition and parties to petition.

6.

7.

Application of Rules.

1.

Consent orders.

2.

Application for order under section 120 of the Act may be made ex-parte.

3.

4.

Extension of time by consent.

5.

6.

7.

Copies of affidavits on ex-parte applications.

8.

9.

Notice of appointment of legal practitioner.

10.

Notice of intention to act in person.

11.

Legal Practitioner to act for party

12.

Solicitor not to act for adverse parties.

13.

Disallowance of costs of improper vexatious or unnecessary matter in documents or proceedings.

14.