Order 58 — Establishment of Communications and Service Centre for E-filing
Rule 1 Powers of the Chief Judge.
(1) The Chief Judge may issue a directive to establish a Communication and Service Centre in order to achieve the objectives of these Rules, which may include designated electronic filing sites for on-line filing of a process and document.
(2) A cause or matter, which is electronically filed in this Court shall conform with these Rules.
(3) There shall be a Registry for filing any document and process of Court electronically, to be known as the E-Filing Unit.
(4) There shall be a scanning centre for scanning the hard copy of a process into soft copy.
Rule 2 E-filing Registrar.
(1) There shall be an officer of the Court to be known as the E-Filing Registrar who shall be the designated officer in charge of the Unit.
(2) The E-Filing Registrar shall be responsible for the management of the documents and processes of Court which are electronically transmitted to the Court.
Rule 3 Parallel operation with the present system.
The E-Filing system shall run parallel with the existing filing procedure in the Rules of the Court.
Rule 4 Plaintiff to determine filing method.
The Plaintiff shall determine the appropriate method of filing to adopt and the defendant shall comply in filing his defence using the same method.
Rule 5 Where electronically filed matter shall be heard.
An electronically filed matter shall be heard in such Court as may be designated by the Chief Judge.
Rule 6 Filing electronically filed matter in the same manner.
A Plaintiff who files a cause or matter electronically shall continue in the same manner until the determination of the matter.
Rule 7 Documentary exhibits.
A documentary exhibit may be saved directly where such document is in soft copy or scanned where it is in hard copy.
Rule 8 Electronic signature.
The electronic signature shall constitute the parties signature on the document.
Rule 9 Document under oath.
Where a document is to be signed or made under oath, the party may:
(a) electronically sign the document; or
(b) manually sign the document and scan the page with the signature.
Rule 10 Process deemed filed in case of technical failure.
Where an e-filed process or document is considered filed out of time arising from a technical failure or system outage on the part of the e-filing system of the Court, any process or document so filed may be deemed filed and the party may seek appropriate relief from the Court.
Rule 11 System outage or technical failure preventing compliance.
Where a system outage or technical failure prevents the party from complying with an order as to time, the party may seek further direction from the Court.