ORDER 56 : ACTION OF MANDAMUS

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1. The plaintiff, in any action in which he shall, pursuant to the Mandamus Law, Cap. 23, claim a mandamus to command the defendant to fulfil any public duty in the fulfilment of which the plaintiff is personally interested, shall endorse such claim upon the writ of summons.

2. The endorsement shall be to the effect following

"For a mandamus commanding the defendant to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ", etc.

3. If judgment be given for the plaintiff the Court may by the judgment command the defendant either forthwith or on the expiration of such time and upon such terms as may appear to the Court to be just, to perform the duty in question. The Court may also extend the time for the performance of the duty.

4. A mandamus shall be by judgment or order, which may be enforced in the same way as a judgment or order may be enforced.