East African Community Court of Justice
Rules of Procedure, 2019.
(2) The Court may, in any particular case, direct that
only its decision and not the reasons for it shall be delivered in
Court and the reasons for judgment shall be given on a date to be
notified by the Registrar to the parties.
(3) One judgment shall be given as the judgment of the
Court and shall be signed by the judges who participated in it, but
a judge who dissents shall not be required to sign the judgment
and may, in his discretion, write a dissenting judgment.
(4) Sub-rule (3) shall apply to an order other than one
made by a single judge.
(5) The judgment of the Court shall contain:—
(a)
the date on which it is read;
(b) the names of the judges participating in it;
(c)
the names of the parties;
(d) the names of the advocates and agents of the
parties;
(e)
a concise statement of the facts;
(f)
the points for determination;
(g) the decision arrived at;
(h) the reasons for such decision;and
(i)
the operative part of the judgment, including the
decision as to costs.
(6) Such judgment may be pronounced notwithstanding
the absence of the judges who heard the matter in the first instance
or any of them and the judgment of any judge not present may be
read by another Judge or the Registrar.
(7) The judgment of the Court and the dissenting
judgment if any, shall be sealed with the seal of the Court and
shall be deposited in the registry.
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