East African Community Court of Justice
Rules of Procedure, 2019.
(4) At the hearing by the full bench of an application
previously decided by a single judge, no additional evidence shall
be adduced.
114.
(1) A party who intends, at the hearing of any application
or appeal, to rely on the judgment in any reported case or to quote
from any book, shall lodge with the Registrar, a list and copies of
cases with their citations and the names, authors and editions of
the book or books, and shall serve a copy of that list on the other
party or on each other party appearing in person or separately
represented, as the case may be; but a supplementary list may,
when necessary, be produced at the time of the hearing.
List of
authorities
and copies of
Judgment to
be referred.
(2) The said list shall be in eight (8) copies, except in the
case of an application to be heard by a single Judge, when it shall
be in duplicate and shall be lodged at least seven (7) days before
the application or appeal is due to be heard.
(3) A party who intends, at the hearing of any application
or appeal, to rely on the judgment in any unreported case shall,
at or before the hearing, produce a certified or photostat copy of
that judgment and, except in the case of an application to be heard
by a single judge, two other copies of it for the use of the Court,
and in every case, one copy for the use of the other party, or each
other party appearing in person or separately represented, as the
case may be.
115.
(1) Every appeal shall be heard in open court, to which
all members of the public shall have access so far as space in
the Court permits and so long as they conduct themselves in an
orderly manner, subject to sub-rules (2) and (3) below.
(2) The Presiding Judge may,
in exceptional
circumstances, if satisfied that the interests of justice so require,
direct that the public or any particular person or category of
persons be excluded or removed from the Court in which an
appeal is being heard.
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Hearing in
open court.