The East African Court of Justice Rules of Procedure 2013 “Statement of claim” means a party’s written statement seeking the Court’s determination of a dispute between the Community and an employee “Statement of reference” means a party’s written statement seeking the Court’s determination of a reference brought before it. “Treaty” means the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community; “Vice-President” means the Vice-President of the Court. Computation of time 3. (1) Any period of time fixed by these Rules or by any order of the Court for doing any act shall be reckoned as follows— (a) where a period is to be calculated from the moment at which an event occurs or an action takes place, the day during which that event occurs or that action takes place shall not be counted as falling within the period in question; and the period shall end with the expiry of the last day of the period; (b) periods shall include official holidays, Sundays and Saturdays; (c) periods shall not be suspended during the Court vacations; (d) if a period would otherwise end on a Saturday, Sunday or an official holiday, it shall be extended until the end of the first following working day. (2) For purposes of this Rule a declared public holiday in the Partner State shall be an official holiday in respect of that Partner State. 10