Small Claims Tribunal

L.N. 164 of 2013

SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL ACT

(CAP. 380)

Small Claims Tribunal

(Filing of Acts by Electronic Means) Rules, 2013

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 16 of the Small

Claims Tribunal Act, the Prime Minister and the Minister responsible

for Justice, has made the following rules:-

(1) The title of these rules is the Small Claims Tribunal

(Filing of Acts by Electronic Means) Rules, 2013.

(2)

These rules shall come into force on the 1st July, 2013.

For the purposes of these rules "by electronic means" shall

mean online.

(1) There shall be an electronic mechanism by means of

which claims, replies and, or counter-claims before the Tribunal and,

or appeals from decisions of the same Tribunal may be filed online.

(2) Any person who wants to file a claim, reply and, or

counter-claim before the Tribunal or an appeal from a decision of the

same Tribunal may do so online by filling the requisite form under the

prescribed fee.

(1) The Registrar or persons delegated by him may

receive claims, replies and, or counter-claims before the Tribunal or

appeals from decisions of the same Tribunal filed by electronic

means.

(2) Claims, replies and, or counter-claims before the Tribunal

or appeals from decisions of the same Tribunal filed by electronic

means shall, for all intents and purposes of law, be deemed as if they

have been filed directly in the Registry of the same Tribunal

Provided that when a claim, reply and, or counter-claim

before the Tribunal or an appeal from a decision of the same Tribunal

is filed by electronic means outside registry opening hours as

established by the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure, such act

shall be deemed to have been filed on the first following day of the

opening of the said Registry.

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