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1. Rules 2 and 3 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 statutory provision.
[E.r. 1]
2.—(1) Every petition must include a concise statement of the nature of the claim made and 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.
[E.r. 2]
3. Save where otherwise expressly provided by these Rules a petition may be presented by lodging it in the Chancery Office.
[E.r. 3]
4. Unless the Court otherwise directs, a petition which is required to be served on any person must be served on him not less than 7 days before the day fixed for the hearing of the petition.
[E.r. 4]
5. No application in any cause or matter may be made by petition.
[E.r. 5]
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