70 EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY GAZETTE 5th May, 2010 EIGHTH SCHEDULE __________ (Rule 113 (3)) TAXATION OF COSTS 1 In this Schedule, a folio means one hundred words, and a single figure or a group of figures up to seven shall count as one word. 2. (1) Where costs are to be taxed, the advocate for the party to whom the costs were awarded shall lodge his bill with the taxing officer and shall, within seven (7) days after lodging it, serve copy of it on the advocate for the party liable to pay it. (2) A bill of costs shall be lodged as soon as practicable after the making of the order for costs and not later than twenty-one (21) days after a request in writing therefore by the party liable or such further time as the Registrar may allow. (3) A bill of costs may not be lodged by an advocate who is not on the record. (1) A bill of costs shall be instituted and filed in the proceedings and shall be in Form of bill prepared in five columns as follows_ 3. The first of left hand column for the dates of the items; The second column for the serial numbers of the items; The third column for the particulars of the services charged for; The fourth column for the professional of scale charged; The fifth column for the taxing officer’s deductions. (2) Every bill of costs shall be endorsed with:(a) (b) (c) 4. The name and address of the advocate lodging the same; The name and address of every party to be served or his advocate; A certificate signed by the advocate lodging the bill that the number of folios, in respect of any item in the bill charged for by the folio, is correct. If such certificate is found to be incorrect the item may be disallowed. (1) Disbursements shall be shown separately at the foot of the bill of costs. (2) Receipts for all disbursements shall be produced to the taxing officer at the time of taxation. (3) No disbursement shall be allowed which has not been paid at the time of taxation. 5. No alteration or addition to a bill of costs once lodged shall be made except by consent of the parties or by permission of the taxing officer or a Judge. 6. When a bill of costs has been lodged as aforesaid, the taxing officer shall issue a notice to all parties concerned or their advocates giving the date, time and place which the bill will be taxed. 7. The taxing officer shall have power to limit or extend the time for any proceeding before him, and to adjourn the same from time to time and from place to place. 8. If any party or advocate who has been duly served with a notice of taxation fails to appear at the date and time specified in such notice, the taxing officer may proceed to tax the bill notwithstanding such absence.