Where a statement of defense containing a counter-claim or claim of set-off is not rejected, the court shall ask the plaintiff to state whether he wishes to reply thereto and shall, if he so wishes, require him to submit a written reply within time as it shall fix.
Civil Procedure Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 170
Further Pleadings · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
On the expiration of the period of time fixed under sub-Article (1) the court shall declare the pleadings closed.