East African Community Court of Justice Rules of Procedure, 2019. Computation of time. 3. (1) Any period of time fixed by the Treaty, these Rules or by any order of the Court for doing any act shall be reckoned as follows— (a) where a period is to be calculated from the moment at which an event occurs or an action takes place, the day during which that event occurs or that action takes place shall not be counted as falling within the period in question; and the period shall end with the expiry of the last day of the period; (b) periods shall include official holidays, Saturdays and Sundays; (c) periods shall not be suspended during the Court vacations; (d) if a period would otherwise end on a Saturday, Sunday or an official holiday, it shall be extended until the end of the first following working day. (2) For purposes of this Rule a declared public holiday in the Partner State shall be an official holiday in respect of that Partner State. SECTION II GENERAL POWERS OF THE COURT Inherent powers of the Court. 4. Nothing in these Rules shall be deemed to limit or otherwise affect the inherent powers of the Court to make such orders or give such directions as may be necessary for the ends of justice or to prevent abuse of the process of the Court. Extension of time 5. The Court may, for sufficient reason, extend the time limited by these Rules or by any decision of itself for the doing of any act authorised or required by these Rules, whether before or after the expiration of such time and whether before or after the doing of the act, and any reference in these Rules to any such time shall be construed as a reference to such time as so extended. 12