Section 198: Rules of Court

198. Rules of Court (1) The Chief Justice may, after consultation with the Rules Committee and the Judges, make such rules as he thinks fit for the purposes of this Act. (2) The following enactments shall be deemed to have been made by the Chief Justice under subsection (1)— (a) River Rules of 12 June 1885; (b) River Rules of 22 October 1886; (c) Bankruptcy Rules 1888; (d) Sale of Immovable Property Rules 1889; (e) Bankruptcy Court Rules 1899; (f) Three-Judge Cases Rules 1906; (g) Rules of the Supreme Court (State Proceedings) 1954; (h) District Courts (State Proceedings) Rules 1954; (i) Intermediate Court Rules 1971; (j) Letters of Requests Rules 1985; (k) Supreme Court (Jury Lists and Panels) Rules 1992; (l) District, Industrial and Intermediate Court Rules 1992; (m) District Court (Execution of Judgments) Regulations 1997; (n) Supreme Court Rules 2000 and Legal Fees and Costs Rules 2000. (3) Rules made under subsection (1) may provide for— (a) the practice and procedure before any Court; (b) the means by which particular facts may be proved and the mode in which evidence thereof may be given in civil cases before any Court; (c) the forms, registers and books that may be required for the transaction of the business of the Courts; (d) the fees to be charged and to accrue to the Consolidated Fund in respect of any proceedings before any Court; (e) the sums allowable on taxation in respect of any proceedings before any Court; (f) the electronic filing of documents and management of cases; (g) the practice and procedure for mediation before a Judge. [S. 198 repealed and replaced by s. 2 (e) of Act 15 of 2000 w.e.f. 30 June 2000; amended by s. 6 (b) of Act 20 of 2009 w.e.f. 19 December 2009.] C54 – 56 (1) [Issue 3] Revised Laws of Mauritius