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UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 19.5

Mode of amendment generally

19.5 Mode of amendment generally

(cf SCR Part 20, rules 7 and 8; DCR Part 17, rules 7 and 8; LCR Part 16, rules 7 and 8)
(1) Subject to any directions referred to in rule 19.6, amendments to a filed document must be made by filing a fresh document that has been amended in accordance with these rules or pursuant to an order of the court.
(2) The amendments must be indicated as follows--
(a) the omission of existing matter must be indicated in such manner (such as striking through the matter, with or without underlining) as does not affect the legibility of the matter being omitted, and
(b) the insertion of new matter must be indicated in such manner (such as the use of underlining, bolding or italics) as distinguishes it from existing matter (including existing matter to be omitted).
(3) A document amended under this rule must be marked with the following particulars--
(a) the date of the amendment,
(b) if the amendment is made pursuant to an order of the court, the date of the order,
(c) if the amendment is made otherwise than pursuant to an order of the court, a reference to the provision of these rules that authorises the amendment,
(d) the manner in which the omission and insertion of matter have been indicated in the amended document.
(4) An amended document must retain the existing paragraph numbering, with any additional paragraphs that are inserted after an existing paragraph bearing the number of that paragraph together with the letters "A", "B" and so on, as in these rules.



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