1.-(1) These Rules may be cited as the Election Petition (Amendment) Rules 1999 and shall come into force on 7th June 1999.

(2) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, a rule referred to by number alone means the rule so numbered in the Election Petition Rules 1960(2).

2. In rule 2(4):-�

(a)omit ", including the rules relating to the discovery and inspection of documents and the delivery of interrogatories."; and

(b)for "action", substitute "claim".

3. In rule 5(1) for "ex parte by summons", substitute "without notice being served on any Respondent within the meaning of Rule 6".

4. In rule 6(2):-�

(a)for "writ of summons", substitute "claim form"; and

(b)for "an affidavit of service", substitute "a certificate of service".

5. In rule 7:

(a)in paragraph (1), for "a summons", substitute "an application notice"; and

(b)in paragraph (2):-�

(i)for "summons", substitute "application"; and

(ii)omit "in chambers".

6. In rule 9(1), for "summons", substitute "application notice".

7. In rule 11, for "motion", substitute "application notice".

8. In rule 12:-�

(a)in paragraph (1), for "motion", substitute "application notice";

(b)in paragraph (2):-�

(i)in sub-paragraph (a), for "notice of motion", substitute "the application notice";

(ii)in sub-paragraph (b), for "motion", substitute "application";

(c)in paragraph (3), for "notice of motion", substitute "application notice"; and

(d)in paragraph (4), before "notice", insert "application".

9. In rule 13:-�

(a)in paragraph (1), for "motion", substitute "application notice"; and

(b)in paragraph (2), for "notice of motion", substitute "the application notice".

10. In rule 14(2), for "motion", substitute "application notice".

11. In rule 16(3), for "motion", substitute "application notice".

12. In rule 19(1):-�

(a)for "the provisions of Order 3 of the Rules of the Supreme Court", substitute "rules 2.8 to 2.11 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998(3)"; and

(b)for "Rules of the Supreme Court", substitute "Civil Procedure Rules".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Rules make amendments to the Election Petition Rules 1960 consequent upon the implementation of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998.