The Registrar shall forthwith send to each of the respondents, by ordinary letter, a copy of the statement of appeal with an indication of the obligation to constitute a lawyer.
In the event of the return to the Registry of the letter of notification or where the respondent has not constituted a lawyer within one month of the dispatch of the letter of notification, the Registrar shall notify the appellant’s lawyer so that the latter may proceed by way of service of the statement of appeal.
On pain of the declaration of appeal lapsing ex officio, service must be effected within one month of the notification sent by the registry; however, if, in the meantime, the respondent has constituted a lawyer before service of the declaration of appeal, service shall be effected by service on his lawyer.
On pain of nullity, the writ of service shall indicate to the respondent that, if he fails to constitute a lawyer within a period of fifteen days from the date of service, he is liable to have a judgment given against him solely on the basis of the information provided by his opponent and that, if he fails to conclude within the period mentioned in article 909, he risks having his pleadings declared inadmissible of his own motion.