| (1) | Every document filed in terms of the Act or these Rules must: |
| (a) | be typed or legibly written on white paper of A4 size. Typed documents shall be printed in a clear font of not less than 12 point on one side of the paper only and shall be double spaced. Documents filed by legal practitioners must, however, be typed; |
| (b) | have a margin of at least 35 mm on the left side to facilitate binding. No. notes, signatures, initials, stamps or other matter shall be placed in the binding margin; |
| (c) | if smaller than A4 size, and intended to be placed before the Court, be affixed to a sheet of A4 paper; |
| (d) | if larger than A4 size, be folded to A4 size to facilitate binding of the Court record; |
| (e) | the registrar may refuse to accept for filing any document that does not comply with the requirements of this subrule. |
| (2) | The attorney acting for an applicant (or similar party initiating the proceedings), shall, before applying for a date of hearing, collate, number consecutively and suitable bind all the documents delivered and forming the Court record and shall deliver a complete index thereof as also an index to each separate bound volume. On a date between 10 and 15 business days before the hearing, the aforesaid attorney shall ensure that the record to be used by each Judge hearing the matter is complete and fully indexed. The aforesaid attorney shall, not later than 5 business days before the hearing, file a certificate confirming that the above matters have been attended to. |
| (3) | Whenever practical, the attorney acting for an applicant (or similar party initiating the proceedings) shall in consultation with the attorneys for all other represented parties and with unrepresented parties, prepared a separate bundle of essential core documents and/or a list of any pages in the record that the parties agree need not be read by the Court prior to the hearing. The essential core documents and/or aforesaid list shall be filed not less than 30 business days before the hearing. |
[Rule 9 substituted by General Notice 1255 dated 18 November 2005]
