--(1) Every copy of a document issued by the court shall be an electronically verified copy and same shall-
----(a) bear the Judiciary's E-vrfy endorsement;
----(b) be issued electronically; and
----(c) be transmitted electronically, unless the Registrar otherwise directs, upon the payment of the prescribed fee.
--(2) Subject to the payment of any fees as prescribed, the court may supply an electronically verified copy of any document upon request to-
----(a) any party to the proceedings; or
----(b) any other person provided that the person provides a good reason for requiring it.
--(3) A request may be either-
----(a) in writing to the court office; or
----(b) by oral application to the court, in which case, the court will make the appropriate direction.
--(4) Sub-rules (2) and (3) shall apply to documents and copies of documents filed or issued by the court before and after the coming into force of this rule.
--(5) Where a document or copy of a document was issued and transmitted in hardcopy or electronic form prior to the coming into force of this rule, that document or copy of that document shall remain valid and there shall be no requirement for the Judiciary's E-vrfy endorsement.
--(6) In this Part, "document" shall include any order, certificate, direction or any document filed or issued by the court in any proceeding.
--(7) The Chief Justice may by practice direction prescribe, vary, suspend, waive or defer any fee including any transaction or processing fee taken by the Registrar from a person requesting an electronically verified copy of any order or any other document and the manner of payment of such fee.
Notes
Amended by Legal Notice 11 of 2022.
Amended by Legal Notice 280 of 2021.
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