Order 23 — Judgement, Entry of Judgement
Rule 1 Delivery of judgement.
The Judge shall after trial, deliver Judgement in open Court.
Rule 2 Judge unable to deliver judgement.
Where a Judge has written and signed a Judgement pursuant to rule 1 of this order but was unable to deliver it due to ill health, death or any other reason, the judgement may be read by another Judge of the Court as the Chief Judge may direct.
Rule 3 Date of judgement pronounced in Court.
Where any Judgement is pronounced by a Judge, the Judgement shall be dated as of the day on which the Judgement is pronounced and shall take effect from that date unless the Judge orders otherwise.
Rule 4 Date of judgement directed to be entered.
(1) Where any Judgement is directed to be entered by an order made on application for Judgement, the Judgement shall, unless the Judge otherwise orders, be dated as of the day on which the order is made and take effect from that date.
(2) The order referred to in sub-rule (1) of this rule may direct that the Judgement shall not be entered until a given date, in which case it shall take effect from that date.
Rule 5 Judge may direct time for payment or performance and interest.
The Judge at the time of making any Judgement or order or at any time afterwards, may direct the time within which the payment is to be made or other act is to be done, reckoned from the date of the Judgement or order or from some other point of time, as the Judge deems fit and may order interest at a rate not exceeding ten per cent per annum to be paid upon any Judgement.
Rule 6 Payment by instalment.
(1) Where any Judgement or order directs the payment of money, the Court may, upon sufficient reason, order that the amount shall be paid by installments with or without interest.
(2) The order may be made at the time of giving Judgement or at anytime afterwards and may be rescinded upon sufficient cause at any time.
Rule 7 Time to be stated for doing any act.
A Judgement or order made in any cause or matter requiring any person to do an act shall state the time or the time after service of the Judgement or order, within which the act is to be done.
Rule 9 Judgement by consent where defendant appears by a legal practitioner.
In any cause or matter where the defendant has appeared by a legal practitioner, an order for entering Judgement shall not be made by consent unless the consent of the defendant is given in writing and counter-signed by the defendant’s legal practitioner.
Rule 9 Judgement by consent where defendant has no legal practitioner.
Where the defendant has no legal practitioner, the order referred to in rule 8 of this order shall not be made unless the defendant gives consent in person in open Court.
Rule 10 Notice when judgement reserved.
Where the Court reserves Judgement at the hearing, parties to the suit shall be served with notice to attend and hear Judgement, unless the Court at the hearing states the day on which Judgement will be delivered, in which case there shall be no further notice.
Rule 11 When parties deemed to have had notice.
Any party shall be deemed to have notice of the decision or Judgement if pronounced at the hearing, and any party served with notice to attend and hear Judgement shall be deemed to have notice of the Judgement when pronounced.