Section 7: Institution and conduct of proceedings

7. Institution and conduct of proceedings (1) Subject to this Act, and to any specific procedural provisions in any enactment specified in the First Schedule, all proceedings before the Court shall be instituted and conducted in the same manner as proceedings in a civil or criminal matter, as the case may be, before a District Magistrate. (2) The law of evidence in force in Mauritius shall apply to proceedings before the Court. (3) The language to be used in the Court shall be English, but any person may address the Court in French. [Issue 1] I9 – 2 (4) Where any person who is required to give evidence satisfies the Court that he does not possess a competent knowledge of English or French, he may give his evidence in the language with which he is best acquainted. (5) A person wishing to institute civil proceedings shall lodge, with the clerk of the Court, a plaint signed by him, his attorney or an officer of the Ministry. (6) Service of any summons or other order of the Court may be effected by a police officer or an officer of the Ministry. (7) Civil proceedings before the Court against a body corporate shall be validly instituted if instituted against a person who is concerned in the management of the body corporate.