{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:162","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Effect of Rejection","number":"162","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/162/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — SERVICE, PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE","title":"TITLE II — PLEADINGS","chapter":"Chapter 2. — Statement of Claim and of Defense"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Where a statement of claim is rejected the registrar shall:","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/162/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":103,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/103/?article=162&paragraph=p1#article-162-p1"}]},{"id":"p1a","number":"a","parentId":"p1","text":"return the statement of claim and annexes to the plaintiff, give him the reason for such rejection and inform him that the case will be proceeded without taking into consideration the rejected statement. Where the plaintiff is dissatisfied with the reason given for the rejection, he may apply within five days to the court for a revision of the registrar`s decision; and","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/162/#p1a","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":103,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/103/?article=162&paragraph=p1a#article-162-p1a"}]},{"id":"p1b","number":"b","parentId":"p1","text":"refund the plaintiff with the prescribed portion of the court fee paid on filling the statement of claim and enter a note of the rejection in the register of civil suits.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/162/#p1b","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":103,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/103/?article=162&paragraph=p1b#article-162-p1b"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"The rejection of a statement of claim under Articles 159 and 161 of this Code shall not preclude the plaintiff from filing a new statement of claim with respect to the same cause of action.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/162/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":103,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/103/?article=162&paragraph=p2#article-162-p2"}]}],"caution":"This is the English-language edition published in 2015 and attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Refworld labels it an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force."}