East African Community Court of Justice
Rules of Procedure, 2019.
Change of
address for
service.
15.
A person who has given an address for service may, at
any time, change his or her address for service by lodging a notice
of the change in the registry and serving copies of the notice on all
persons who have been served with the previous address.
Modes of
service of
documents
16.
(1) Where in these Rules, a document is required to be
served on any person, service of the document shall be made by
tendering to that person the original thereof and requiring him or
her to endorse the duplicate thereof acknowledging service and
where the Court is satisfied that the person refused to endorse the
document, it may declare that the document was duly served.
(2) A document may be served on the party’s advocate,
recognized agent or representative.
(3) Service on the Government of a Partner State shall be
effected by delivering or tendering the document to the Attorney
General of the Partner State or an officer authorized to accept
service on behalf of the Attorney General.
(4) Service on the Community shall be effected by
delivering or tendering the document to the Secretary General
of the Community or an officer authorized to accept service on
behalf of the Secretary General.
(5) Service on a body corporate shall be effected by
delivering or tendering the document to the Chief Executive
Officer, Director, General Manager or Company Secretary, or an
officer authorized to accept service in that behalf.
(6) Service on a person who is confined in prison, if
unrepresented, the original and a copy of the summons shall be
delivered or sent to the officer in-charge of the prison where that
person is held for service on that person.
(7) Service on a member of the armed forces of any of
the Partner States shall be effected by sending the original and
copy of the summons to his commanding officer.
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