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16. How does an amendment allowed by the court to be
effectuated in the pleadings? English practice in this
regard is stated in Halsbury's Laws of England (4th Edn.,
Vol. 36, para 63, at pp. 48-49) as under:
"63. Mode of amendment. --A pleading may be
amended by written alterations in a copy of the
document which has been served and by additions
of
on paper to be interleaved with it if necessary.
However, where the amendments are so numerous
or of such nature or length that to make written
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alterations of the document so as to give effect to
them would make it difficult or inconvenient to
read, a fresh document must be prepared
incorporating the amendments. If such an
extensive amendment is required to a writ, it must
be reissued. An amended writ or pleading must be
endorsed with a statement that it has been
amended, specifying the date on which it was
amended, the name of the Judge, master or
registrar by whom any order authorizing the
amendment was made and the date of the order; or,
if no such order was made, the number of the rule
in pursuance of which the amendment was made.
The practice is to indicate any amendment in a
different ink or type from the original, and the
colour of the first amendment is usually red."