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4.—(1) On receiving the requisite documents an officer of the appropriate office must in all cases affix to the memorandum of appearance, and 2 copies thereof, an official stamp showing the date on which he received those documents, enter the appearance in the cause book, file the original memorandum and—
(a)if the requisite documents were handed in at the office, hand back 2 copies of the memorandum, and
(b)if they were sent by post, send 1 copy by post to the plaintiff, or as the case may be, his solicitor at the plaintiff's address for service and also send by post to the defendant or, as the case may be, his solicitor at the defendant's address for service the other copy of the memorandum.
(2) Where the defendant enters an appearance by handing in the requisite documents at the office, he must on the date on which he enters the appearance send by post to the plaintiff, if the plaintiff sues in person, but otherwise to the plaintiff's solicitor, at the plaintiff's address for service, one of the copies of the memorandum of appearance, handed back to him under paragraph (1).
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