Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 254
254. (1) Fifteen days at least before the hearing of the action
referred to in the last preceding article, a notice as in Form B in
Part II of the First Schedule to this Code shall, by order of t he
court, be published in the Government Gazette, calling upon any
party interested to declare, wit hin fifteen days from the publi cation
of such notice, by means of a note, whether he desires to conte st the
action.
(2) Notice of the day appointed f or the trial of the action shal l
be given to any person who shall have filed such note within th e
said time.
Provisions of
ss.253 and 254 to
apply, without
prejudice to ss. 960
to 962 of Code of
Organization and
Civil Procedure .
Cap. 12.
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