Order 3 FCT (Civil Procedure) Rules 2025

Order 3 of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2025 is about Electronic Filing and Virtual Proceedings. It contains the following rules:

I Electronic Filings

1. All Court processes may be filed and served on parties by
   electronic means.
2. The Chief Judge may establish an E-Filing unit for
   maintaining a designated online site for electronic filing of
   processes and documents.
3. Any cause or matter filed electronically shall be in
   accordance with these Rules.
4. The E-Filing unit shall be responsible for the management
   of the documents and processes of Court which are
   electronically transmitted to the Court.
5. The E-filing system shall run parallel with the existing
   filing procedure in the Rules of the Court.
6. The filing method adopted by the Claimant in commencing
   an action shall equally be adopted by the Defendant in
   response.
7. A Claimant who files a cause or matter electronically may continue in the same manner until the determination of the matter.
8. A documentary exhibit may be saved directly where such
   document is in soft copy or scanned where it is in hard
   copy.
9. Processes and documents signed electronically shall be
   deemed properly signed.
10. Where a document is to be signed or made under oath, the
    party may sign
    (a) Electronically; or
    (b) Manually and scan it.
11. Where an E-filed process or document is considered filed
    out of time arising from a technical glitch on the part of the
    filing system of the Court, any process or document so filed
    may be deemed properly filed as the Court may direct.

II Virtual Proceedings

1. Upon application of a party or as directed by the Court,
   proceedings may be conducted virtually.
2. The Chief Judge may issue Practice Direction for the
   conduct of virtual proceedings.

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