Amendment of pleadings

The Court may at any stage of the proceedings allow either party to alter or amend his pleadings in such manner and on such terms as may be just, and all such amendments shall be made as may be necessary for the purpose of determining the real questions in controversy between the parties¹[:

Provided that no application for amendment shall be allowed after the trial has commenced, unless the Court is of opinion that in spite of due diligence, the party could not have raised the matter before the commencement of trial:

Provided further that if an application for amendment is made after the trial has commenced and the Court is of opinion that the application is made to delay the proceedings, the Court shall make an order for the payment to the objector such cost by way of compensation as it thinks fit.]

¹ The colon (:) was substituted for the full-stop (.) and thereafter the provisos were added by section 6 of The Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2012 (Act No. XXXVI of 2012).