Article 219: Revision of Judgments of the Court in the Exercise of its Original Jurisdiction

 

  1.         The Court shall, in the exercise of its Original Jurisdiction, be competent to revise its judgment on an application made in that behalf.
  1.         An application for the revision of a judgment of the Court in the exercise of its original jurisdiction may be made only when it is based upon the discovery of some fact of such a nature as to be a decisive factor, which fact was, when the judgment was given, unknown to the Court and to the party claiming revision: provided always the ignorance of that fact was not due to negligence on the part of the applicant.
  1.         Proceedings for a revision shall be opened by a judgment of the Court expressly recording the existence of the new fact, recognising that it has such a character as to lay the case open to revision, and declaring the application admissible on this ground.
  1.         The Court may require previous compliance with the terms of the judgment before it admits proceedings for a revision.
  1.         The application for a revision shall be made within six months of the discovery of the new fact.
  1.         No application for a revision may be made after the lapse of five years from the date of the judgment.