Cap. 12 Art. 147Power of court to order additional pleadings.

(1) The court may, after the close of written pleadings in line with article 146, whenever, under the circumstances, it shall deem it expedient so to do, make an order allowing any of the parties to file an additional written pleading with leave to the opposite party to file, if he so desires, another written pleading in reply, within such times as the court shall direct.

(2) The court may also by way of a decree demand the parties to answer any questions it might have or else demand the parties to clarify any issues that are deemed necessary for the court before handing down its judgment.

(3) If no time is fixed by the court, the party allowed to file such additional written pleading shall do so within ten days from the day of the order, and the opposite party shall file his answer within an equal time to be reckoned from the service of the former written pleading. Such times may be extended only once, on good ground being shown.

(4) Nothing in the provisions of this article shall preclude the court from requesting an oral hearing as provided in article 207(5).

148. Repealed by: XXIV.1995.63.

149. Repealed by: XXIV.1995.63.