The East African Court of Justice Rules of Procedure 2013 (2) Where any person required to be served with a copy of a notice of appeal gave any address for service in or in connection with the proceedings in the First Instance Division, and has not subsequently given any other address for service, the copy of the notice of appeal may be served on him at that address, notwithstanding that it may be that of an advocate who has not been retained for the purpose of an appeal. 80. (1) Every person on whom a notice of appeal is served shall, within fourteen (14) days after service on him of the notice of appeal— (a) lodge in the appropriate registry and serve on the intended appellant notice of a full and sufficient address for service; and (b) serve a copy of the notice of address for service on every other person named in the notice of appeal as a person intended to be served. (c) file in the Registry an affidavit of service. Respondent to give address for service (2) A notice of address for service shall be substantially in the Form D in the Seventh Schedule to these Rules and shall be signed by or on behalf of the person lodging it. (3) The lodging and service of an address for service shall not operate or be construed as an admission that the appeal is competent or as a waiver of any irregularity. 81. A person on whom a notice of appeal has been served may at any time, either before or after the institution of the appeal, apply to the Court to strike out the notice or the appeal, as the case may be on the ground that no appeal lies or that some essential step in the proceedings has not been taken or has not been taken within the prescribed time. 82. If a party who has lodged a notice of appeal fails to institute an appeal within the prescribed time— 49 Application to strike out notice of appeal or appeals Effect of failure to institute appeal