2. For the purpose of the proceedings, the application shall state an
address for service in the place where the Court has its seat and the
name of the person who is authorised and has expressed willingness
to accept service.
6. If the application does not comply with the requirements set out in
paragraphs 1-4 of this Article, the Chief Registrar shall prescribe a
period not more than thirty days within which the applicant is to
comply with them whether by putting the application itself in order
or by producing any of the above-mentioned documents. If the
applicant fails to put the application in order or to produce the
required documents within the time prescribed, the Court shall, after
hearing the Judge Rapporteur, decide whether the non- compliance
with these conditions renders the application formally inadmissible.”
41. The Court notes that the Registry of the Court is entrusted with the
responsibility of ensuring that pleadings filed are in accordance with the
Rules of Court. As such, issues of lapses like in cases of failure to provide
an address, ought to be pointed out by Registry to the applicant, to enable
them put their house in order.
42. Though the Registry accepted their failure to notify the Applicants of any
lapse, however, the omission being a procedural lapse which does not go
to the substance of the case, the admissibility of the Application will not
be
vitiated.
See
CHEIKH
GUEYE
V
REPUBLIC
OF
SENEGAL
ECW/CCJ/JUD/21/20 PAGE 14. See also DAOUDA GARBA V. REPUBLIC OF
BENIN, JUDGMENT NO. ECW/CCJ/JUD/01/10, (2010) CCJELR PARAGRAPH 30.
Where the Court held that “…mere absence of the citation of the
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