SHERIFFS AND CIVIL PROCESS ACT

Section 99: Time limited for answering to summons.

1945Section 99 of 112Federal Republic of Nigeria

The period specified in a writ of summons for service under this Part as the period within which a defendant is required to answer before the court to the writ of summons shall be not less than thirty days after service of the writ has been effected, or if a longer period is prescribed by the rules of the court within which the writ of summons is issued, not less than that longer period.
[L.N. 47 of 1955.]

Cite this section

Section 99, SHERIFFS AND CIVIL PROCESS ACT (1945).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/sheriffs-and-civil-process-act/section/99/