6.
The time for filing and service of pleadings as well as delivery of rulings and Judgments shall
not run during the long vacation, Christmas or Easter vacations or on any public holiday
declared by the Federal Government unless otherwise directed by the Chief judge.
Chambers.
7.
No business shall be transacted in Chambers on Sundays and public holidays.
ORDER 47
CAUSE LISTS
Weekly cause list.
1.
The Registrar shall keep a weekly cause list of all actions which are ready for trial or hearing.
Posting of weekly cause lists.
2.
3.
4.
(1) The Registrar shall post up every Thursday a weekly cause list which shall set out the
arrangement of causes before each of the sittings in Court, during the following week.
(2) Nothing in this rule shall preclude the Chief Judge from making special arrangements,
whenever necessary or convenient, for the disposal of causes and matters included in the list.
Where any Thursday is a public holiday.
3.
Where any Thursday is a public holiday, the weekly cause list shall be posted up on the day last
preceding which is not a public holiday.
Notice Boards
4.
The weekly cause lists and other such lists shall be posted up on one or more notice boards set up
in such place or places within or near the Court premises as the Chief Judge may designate.
Weekly cause list.
5.
Copies of the weekly cause list shall be made available for purchase upon payment of the
prescribed fees.
ORDER 48
COMPUTATION OF TIME
Computation of time.
1.
Where, by any law or order made by a judge, a time is appointed or limited for the doing of any act,
the period shall be reckoned:
(a) As excluding the day on which the order is made or on which the event occurs;
(b)
Where the last day of the period is a holiday the time shall continue until the end of the next day
following which is not a public holiday;