The East African Court of Justice Rules of Procedure 2013 SECTION III: DOCUMENTS 8. (1) All documents prepared for use in the Court shall be on paper of durable quality, shall be clear and easily legible and may be produced by computer, printing, lithography, stencil duplicating, photography, xerography, typewriting or any combination of these media. Preparation of documents (2) The pages of every document shall be numbered consecutively and shall be bound in book form where appropriate. (3) Whenever applicable, in all pleadings and all documents annexed thereto, the tenth line of each page shall be indicated on the right hand side. (4) Every pleading shall be divided into paragraphs numbered consecutively, each allegation being so far as appropriate contained in a separate paragraph. (5) Dates, sums and other numbers shall be expressed in figures and not words. (6) Every pleading lodged in the Court shall indicate the address of service of the party making it and be signed by that party or by the party’s advocate or a person entitled under Rule 17 to represent the party. 9. (1) The Registrar may refuse to accept any document Rejecting which does not comply with the requirements of Rule 8, 24, 25, documents 30, 31, 32 or 36. 10. (1) The Registrar shall not refuse to accept any document on the ground that it is lodged out of time but shall mark the document "Lodged out of time" and inform the person lodging it accordingly. (2) When a document is accepted out of time at a subregistry, the receiving officer shall inform the Registrar of that fact promptly. 13 Document lodged out of time