15. Where 2 or more defendants file separate contestations, the advocate of the plaintiff receives for each additional contestation half of the fees prescribed in section 39 or section 44, according to the stage of the proceedings.
For the purposes of this provision, the intervenor, the impleaded party and the defendant on warranty, if they ask for dismissal of the initial action, are each considered to be a defendant filing a separate contestation.
Decision 2013-03-19, s. 15.