Rule 43 Receipt and Transmission of Pleadings 1. All pleadings received by the Registry shall be stamped, registered and a copy thereof transmitted to the other party and all other relevant participants to a case. 2. The Registrar shall acknowledge receipt of all such pleadings. Rule 44 Time Limit for Pleadings 1. The State Party against which an Application has been filed shall respond thereto within ninety (90) days of being served with the Application. The Response shall cover submissions on jurisdiction, admissibility, merits and reparations. 2. After the Respondent State has filed its Response, the Applicant may file a Reply thereto within forty-five (45) days. 3. Where a party is unable to comply with any time limit prescribed in these Rules, the President may grant an extension of thirty (30) upon Application being made, giving reasonable explanation for the inability to comply. 4. A request for extension of time shall be communicated to the other party to the case, and the latter may be given fifteen (15) days within which to react to the request. 5. Any further extension of time may only be granted by decision of the Court taking into account the particular circumstances of the case. 6. The decision to extend time is at the discretion of the Court. 7. If any party fails to file its pleadings and does not make a request for extension, its attention shall be drawn to Rule 63 of the Rules. In such instance, the defaulting party shall be granted not more than 45 days to file its pleadings. 8. In any case, where time limits are prescribed in these Rules, the reckoning of time shall be from the date of receipt of pleadings, notices or other communications from the Registry, informing the parties of the same. Receipt 32 | P a g e