227. If the party fails to make such declaration, or declares that he does not intend to avail himself of the document, the document may not be filed at the hearing in the principal suit or, if it has already been filed, it is struck from the record.
If on the other hand the party declares that he intends to make use of the document, he must, within 10 days, contest the motion in improbation.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 227; 1994, c. 28, s. 10.