Revision of judgments

(1) An application for the revision of a judgment of the Court in the exercise of its original jurisdiction may be made only where, 13 (a) there is the discovery of some fact of such a n a t u r e as to be a decisive factor; (b) the fact was, when the judgment was given, unknown to the Court and to the party claiming revision; (c) the ignorance regarding the fact was not due to negligence on the part of the applicant. (2) Proceedings for a revision shall be opened by a judgment of the Court expressly recording the existence of the new fact, recognizing that it has such a character as to lay the case open to revision, and declaring the application admissible on this ground. (3) The Court may require previous compliance with the terms of the judgment before it admits proceedings in revision. (4) The application for revision shall be made within six months of the discovery of the new fact. (5) No application for revision may be made after the lapse of five years from the date of the judgment. (6) Nothing in this section shall affect the rights of third parties that have accrued since the delivery of the judgment mentioned in subsection (1) of this section.