ORDER 9 PETITIONS: GENERAL PROVISIONS Application 1. Rules 2 and 4 apply to petitions by which civil proceedings in the High Court are begun, subject, in the case of petitions of any particular class, to any special provisions relating to petitions of that class, made by these Rules or by or under any Act or Ordinance. Contents of Petition 2. (1) Every petition must include a concise statement of the nature of the claim made or the relief or remedy required in the proceedings begun thereby. (2) Every petition must include at the end thereof a statement of the names of the persons, if any, required to be served therewith or, if no person is required to be served, a statement to that effect. (3) Order 6, rule 4, shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to a petition as it applies in relation to a writ. Presentation of Petition 3. A petition shall be presented in the Registry or a Sub-Registry. Fixed Time for Hearing Petition 4. (1) A day and time for the hearing of a petition which is required to be heard shall be fixed in the case of a petition presented in- (a) the Registry, by the Registrar; and (b) a Sub-Registry by the Assistant Registrar of that Sub-Registry. (2) Unless the Court otherwise directs, a petition which is required to be served on any person must be served on him not less than seven days before the day fixed for the hearing of the petition. Certain Applications not to be made by Petition 5. No application in any cause or matter may be made by petition. |