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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

(c) A short statement of the grounds on which the application is made,
including material facts ;
(d) A list of the names of all persons likely to be affected by the appli-
cation or by any order made thereon, with the description and full
postal address of every such person ;
(e) An address for service to which notices may be sent or at which docu-
ments may be served.

5. Every such claim shall be verified by the affidavit of the applicant,
   his solicitor, or agent, or some other person able substantially to verify the
   facts therein set out.

6. Such affidavit may be appended or annexed to the claim, and shall be
   in the form numbered 2 in the Schedule hereto or to the like effect.

7. The claim and affidavit shall be filed with the Registrar at Napier.

8. A copy of the claim shall be served by the applicant on each of the
   parties named by him as likely to be affected.

9. Any party shall be entitled to file in the Court a statement in reply
   to that of the applicant setting out any grounds, including material facts,
   on which such party opposes or desires, a modification of the relief sought by
   the applicant.

10. Any reply comprising a statement of facts shall be verified by affidavit
    in like manner to the claim.

11. A copy of the reply shall be served by the party filing the same on
    the applicant and each of the other parties to the proceeding.

12. A party shall not be disentitled to attend the proceedings or take any
    step therein by reason only of the fact that he has not filed or served a reply.

13. Service of any document may be effected either personally or by
    registered post, and a document so served by post shall de deemed to be
    served at the time when it would reach its address in the ordinary course
    of registered post.

14. Any document to be lodged or filed in the Court may be forwarded
    to the Registrar by registered post.

15. Any party may send by registered post to the Registrar a summary
    application to be considered without appearance of parties, and the Court
    may in its discretion deal with such application and notify its decision to
    the Registrar, who shall communicate the effect thereof to the party making
    the application, and in such case it shall not be necessary for the validity
    of such decision that a formal order be prepared and sealed, but the Court
    may in its discretion require that any such application be supported by
    personal appearance.

16. Except as provided by Rule 15 hereof every order of the Court shall
    be reduced to writing by the party for whose benefit it is made or by such
    party as the Court directs, and a copy thereof shall be lodged in the Court
    and sealed with the seal of the Court, and the Registrar shall verify with his
    seal and issue to any party requiring the same a copy thereof for that party
    and such further copies as may be required for service upon any other party
    or for any other purpose under the said Act.

17. Any application for joinder of parties or any other interlocutory
    application may be made in the form numbered 3 in the Schedule hereto
    or to the like effect or may be made orally in Court during the course of any
    proceedings before the Court.

18. The Court may in its discretion admit any document not in accord-
    ance with these rules or waive any irregularity.

19. Any party may act in any proceedings before the Court or appear
    upon the hearing thereof either in person or by a barrister or solicitor, or
    with the leave of the Court by any other duly authorized representative.

20. Every solicitor signing a claim, reply, or other document or appearing
    before the Court for any party shall be deemed to warrant his authority
    to act on behalf of the party for whom he purports to act.

21. An affidavit may be sworn before any Registrar, solicitor, Justice of
    the Peace, Registrar, or Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court or Clerk of
    a Magistrate’s Court, and no fee shall be taken for the swearing of an affidavit.

22. No person shall be entitled to inspect any documents filed or lodged
    in the Court in any proceeding unless the Registrar is satisfied that he is a
    party thereto or the solicitor of a party or the clerk of such solicitor or other-
    wise an agent of the party authorized to make such inspection.