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The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) Rules, 2002

S.I. No. 131 of 2002

THE SUPREME COURT ACT, 1996

(No. 15 of 1996)

THE RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT

(AMENDMENT) RULES, 2002

The Rules Committee in exercise of the powers conferred by section 76 of the Supreme Court Act makes the following rules -

1.(1)
These Rules which amend the Rules of the Supreme Court may be cited as the Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) Rules, 2002.

Citation and commencement.

Sub. Leg. Vol. II, pg. 531.

(2)
These Rules shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 2003.
2.
Paragraph (1) and the proviso of rule 1 of Order 62 is revoked and replaced by the following -

Amendment of Order 62 of Sub. Leg. Vol. II, pg. 531.

"(1) Unless the nature of the document renders it impracticable, every document prepared by a party for use in the Supreme Court must be on paper of durable quality, 11 inches long by 8½ inches wide or A4 ISO having a margin, not less than than 1 inches wide to be left blank on the left side of the face of the paper and on the right side of the reverse.".

3.
Notwithstanding the revocation of paragraph (1) of rule 1 of Order 62, the said paragraph shall continue to have full force and effect until the 31st day of December, 2003.

Transitional.

Made the 12th day of December, 2002.

Signed

BURTON P. HALL

CHIEF JUSTICE

Chairman of the

Rules Committee


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