(4) years and 10 months in which the Applicant filed the Application is much more than the six (6) months regarded as reasonable time. 47.Fhe Applicant refutes the Respondent's assertion, indicating firstly that the Application was filed on 11 May 2015, and not on 28 January 2015. He argues further that the Court's jurisprudence shows that the assessment of the reasonable time for the filing of applications is made on a case-by-case basis; that such was the Court's position in Alex Thomas v. United Republic of Tanzania, in which the Court took into account the special situation in which the Applicant found himself, namely, that he was illiterate, indigent, incarcerated and without legal assistance, and decided that the timeframe within which the Applicant filed the Application was reasonable, 48.The Court notes that Article 56 (6) of the Charter does not set a deadline within which applications should be filed. 49. Rule 40 (6) of the Rules which reproduces the substance of Article 56(6) of the Charter, only speaks of a "reasonable time from the date local remedies are exhausted or from the date set by the Court as being the commencement of the time limit within which it shall be seized with the Matter". 50.The Court notes that the local remedies were exhausted on 27 March 2009, being the date on which the Court of Appeal delivered its judgment. lt however also notes that as at that date, the Respondent had not deposited the declaration accepting the jurisdiction of the Court to receive cases from individuals as per Article 34 (6) of the Frotocol. The Court therefore holds that it would not be reasonable to regard the time frame for seizure of the Court as running from the date prior to the deposit of the said declaration, that is,29 March 2010. 51.Since the Application was filed on 11 May 2015, the Applicant thus seized the Court in five (5) years, one (1) month and twelve (12) days. The question here is whether this time frame can be regarded as reasonable within the meaning of Article 56 (6) of the Charter 0E'13 hn't tr I (o' j-, .. ) 7_-