Supreme Court Act, 1959 (Act No. 59 of 1959)27. Time allowed for appearance |
The time allowed for entering an appearance to a civil summons served outside the area of jurisdiction of the court in which it was issued shall be not less than—
| (a) | twenty-one days if the summons is to be served at a place more than one hundred miles from the court out of which it was issued; and |
| (b) | fourteen days in any other case. |