[Practice statutes may be modified or suspended by rules.]

All statutes relating to pleading, practice and procedure, now existing, shall, from and after the passage of this act [38-1-1, 38-1-2 NMSA 1978], have force and effect only as rules of court and shall remain in effect unless and until modified or suspended by rules promulgated pursuant hereto. History: Laws 1933, ch. 84, § 2; 1941 Comp., § 19-302; 1953 Comp., § 21-3-2.