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SUPREME COURT (COURT OF APPEAL) RULES 2005 - REG 21

21 .         Filed documents, technical requirements

(1AA)         For the purposes of documents filed electronically, this rule applies with any necessary changes.

        (1)         Unless these rules provide otherwise or a single judge orders otherwise, any document that is filed —

            (a)         must use durable white A4 paper; and

            (b)         must, in order to allow the document to be bound with others, have a 5 cm margin on the left of the first side of each sheet of paper and, if the sheet is printed on both sides, a 5 cm margin on the right of the second side of each sheet of paper; and

            (c)         must comply with subrule (1A); and

        [(d)         deleted]

            (e)         if it is more than one page long —

                  (i)         must have its pages numbered consecutively in the top right corner; and

                  (ii)         may be printed on both sides of each sheet of paper;

                and

            (f)         if it contains more than one sheet of paper, must be stapled in the top left corner or otherwise bound.

        (1A)         The textual content of any document that is filed, including any endnotes, footnotes and quotations, must be typed using —

            (a)         at least the size of type used for these rules (12 point Times New Roman); and

            (b)         a line spacing of at least 1.5.

        (2)         Subrules (1) and (1A) do not apply to a document that is not prepared for a CA matter by a party to the matter.

        (3)         An affidavit that is filed must have a cover sheet in the form of Form 11.

        (4)         If a document that is not a form in Schedule 1 is filed, it must be in a format that is consistent with the forms in Schedule 1.

        [Rule 21 amended: Gazette 22 Aug 2017 p. 4521; SL 2021/34 r. 8.]



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