East African Community Court of Justice Rules of Procedure, 2019. (a) striking through the words or figures to be deleted in red while they remain legible; or (b) writing the words or figures to be added in red and underlining the same. 50. (1)A party that amends its pleading under paragraph (a) or (b) of Rule 48, shall lodge the original of the amended version of the pleading in the registry, and shall forthwith serve a copy thereof on every other party. Amendment without leave. (2) Where a party is served with an amended pleading, after it has filed its answer it may, without leave of the Court, amend its own answer to the pleading which is being amended, and shall lodge it in the registry within fourteen (14) days after being so served. 51. (1) The Court may, at any stage of the proceedings,allow any party to amend its pleadings in such manner as it may direct and on such terms as to costs or otherwise as may be just. (2) The Court may, in the following circumstances, grant such leave to amend notwithstanding that any relevant period of limitation current at the date of instituting the case has expired, if it thinks it is just so to do:— (a) where the amendment is to correct the name of a party even if it has the effect of substituting a new party, if the Court is satisfied that the mistake sought to be corrected was a genuine mistake; (b) where the amendment is to alter the capacity in which the party is or is made party to the proceedings, if the altered capacity is one which that party could have been or been made party at the institution of the proceedings; or (c) where the amendment adds or substitutes a new cause of action if the new cause of action arises out of the same facts or substantially the same 31 Amendment with leave.