The East African Court of Justice Rules of Procedure 2013
Notice of
Appeal
(a)
points of law;
(b)
grounds of lack of jurisdiction; or
(c)
procedural irregularity.
78. (1) Any person who desires to appeal to the Appellate
Division shall lodge a written notice in duplicate in the registry
of the Appellate Division.
(2) Every notice shall, subject to the provisions of Rule
82 be so lodged within thirty (30) days of the date of the
decision against which it is desired to appeal.
(3) Every notice of appeal shall state whether it is
intended to appeal against the whole or part only of the decision
and where it is intended to appeal against part only of the
decision, shall specify the part complained of, shall state the
address for service of the appellant and shall state the names
and addresses of all persons intended to be served with copies
of the notice.
(4) Where it is intended to appeal against a decree or
order, it shall not be necessary that a decree or order be
extracted before lodging a notice of appeal.
(5) A notice of appeal shall be substantially in the Form
B in the Seventh Schedule to these Rules and shall be signed by
or on behalf of the appellant.
Service of
notice of
appeal
79. (1) An intended appellant shall, within fourteen (14)
days after lodging a notice of appeal—
(a)
(b)
serve copies of it on all persons who seem to him
to be directly affected by the appeal; but the
Court may, on an ex parte application, direct that
service need not be effected on any person who
took no part in the proceedings in the First
Instance Division;
file in the Registry an affidavit of service.
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