--(1) If the defendant wishes-
----(a) to dispute the claim; or
----(b) to dispute the court's jurisdiction, he must enter an appearance giving notice of intention to defend.
--(2) However he need not enter an appearance if he files a defence within the period specified in rule 9.3.
--(3) If he fails to do so, judgment may be entered if Part 12 allows it.
--(4) An appearance may be entered at any court office even though the claim was not issued from that court office.
--(5) However, that does not mean that the claim is to be transferred to the court office at which the appearance is entered.
--(6) In civil proceedings against the State begun in the court office of San Fernando, the Attorney General, may enter an appearance in the court office at Port of Spain and the proceedings shall continue in that court office until further order.
--(Part 58 defines "civil proceedings against the State")
Notes
Amended by Legal Notice 233 of 2005.
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