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SUPREME COURT (GENERAL CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES 2015 (SR NO 103 OF 2015) - REG 1.17

Corporation a party

    (1)     Except where otherwise provided by or under any Act or these Rules, a corporation, whether or not a party, shall not take any step in a proceeding save by a solicitor.

    (2)     If a corporation a party to a proceeding in the Court changes its name it shall—

        (a)     file written notice of the change of name with the Prothonotary; and

        (b)     serve a copy of that notice on all other parties to the proceeding.

    (3)     The notice shall—

        (a)     bear the title of the proceeding showing the name of the corporation before the change; and

        (b)     specify the new name of the corporation and the date on which the name was changed.

    (4)     After a corporation has filed a notice of change of name, the corporation shall be given its new name in all documents filed in the proceeding followed by the phrase "(formerly [ old name ])".



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