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ORDER 25 : AMENDMENT
1. The Court or a Judge may, at any stage of the proceedings, allow either party to alter or amend his indorsement or pleadings, in such manner and on such terms as may be just, and all such amendments shall be made as may be necessary for the purpose of determining the real questions in controversy between the parties.
2. If a party who has obtained an order for leave to amend does not amend accordingly within the time limited for that purpose by the order, or if no time is thereby limited, then within fifteen days from the date of the order, such order to amend shall, on the expiration of such limited time as aforesaid, or of such fifteen days, as the case may be, become ipso facto void, unless the time is extended by the Court or a Judge.
3. Whenever any indorsement or any pleading is amended, the same when amended shall be marked with the date of the order under which the same is so amended and of the day on which such amendment is made, in manner following, viz :
"Amended
day
, pursuant to order dated the
of
".
4. Whenever any indorsement or any pleading is amended, such amended document shall be delivered to the opposite party together with an office copy of the order giving leave to amend within the time allowed for amending.
5. The Court or a Judge may at any time, and on such terms as to costs or otherwise as the Court or Judge may think just, amend any defect or error in any proceedings, and all necessary amendments shall be made for the purpose of determining the real question or issue raised by or depending on the proceedings.
6. Clerical mistakes in judgments or orders, or errors arising therein from any accidental slip or omission, may at any time be corrected by the Court or a Judge on application without an appeal.
