Judicial Times) Order, 2020

L.N. 61 of 2020

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 465)

Epidemics and Infectious Disease (Suspension of Legal and

Judicial Times) Order, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 27(c) of the

Public Health Act, the Superintendent of Public Health has made the

following order:-

The title of this order is the Epidemics and Infectious Citation.

Disease (Suspension of Legal and Judicial times) Order, 2020.

In this order, unless the context otherwise requires

Interpretation.

"court" means any court and includes the superior courts

and the inferior courts including appellate courts irrespective of

their competence or jurisdiction, and also includes any tribunal

established by law, and any boards, commissions, committees or

other entities before which any proceedings are heard or

procedures undertaken which are subject to legal or

administrative time limits for filing any claims, defences or other

acts;

"registry" means the registry of any court;

"Superintendent" has the same meaning as assigned to it in

the Public Health Act.

(1) When the Superintendent orders the closure of all Suspension of

courts or of any court for the purpose of guarding against and, or legal

judicial times.

controlling dangerous epidemics or infectious disease, such order shall

suspend the running of any legal and judicial times and of any other

time limits including peremptory periods applicable to proceedings or

other procedures before the said courts. The suspension shall last until

seven (7) days following the lifting of the repeal of any such order by

the Superintendent. Without prejudice to the generality of the

foregoing, such suspension shall mean that if the last day of any legal

or judicial time or other time limit expires during the time when an

order provided for in this regulation is in force, the running of the

times shall be suspended until seven (7) days after the day when the

Superintendent repeals the order for the closure of any court by notice

in the Gazette.

(2) Any order issued in accordance with sub-article (1) shall

not prejudice the power of any court to order the opening of its

registry, the hearing of any case and anything consequential and

incidental thereto in urgent cases or in cases where it deems that the

public interest in having the case heard should prevail, subject to any

specific arrangements for the guarding against and, or controlling

dangerous epidemics or infectious disease as the court may determine.

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