98.-(1) If the respondent or co-respondent shall fail to appear within the time limited for appearance, and the petitioner shall fail to proceed upon such default for one month after the expiration of the time so limited, a Judge may direct the Chief Registrar to give notice to the petitioner requiring him so to proceed within fourteen days after the giving of the notice, and informing him that upon failure so to proceed within the fourteen days aforesaid the petition shall stand dismissed for want of prosecution.
(2) Upon failure so to proceed within the fourteen days aforesaid, or within such extended time as may be allowed, the petition shall stand dismissed for want of prosecution but without prejudice to the filing of a fresh petition, and the Chief Registrar shall forthwith lay the file of the petition before a Judge, who shall endorse it with a note to that effect.
(3) The notice from the Chief Registrar mentioned in paragraph (1) of this Rule shall be served at the petitioner’s address for service, and a copy thereof shall be sent by post to the petitioner, if he has furnished an address in Cyprus; and the fourteen days mentioned in the notice shall be reckoned as from the day of service or posting, whichever be the later. An affidavit of service and posting shall be filed.