Order 50 FCT (Civil Procedure) Rules 2025

Order 50 of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2025 is about Computation of Time. It contains the following rules:

1. Where by any law or order made by the Court a time is
   appointed or limited for the doing of any act, the period
   shall be reckoned:
   (a) As excluding the day on which the order is made
   or on which the event occurs;
   (b) Where the last day of the period is a holiday, the
   time shall continue until the end of the next day
   following which is not a public holiday;
   (c) Where the act is required to be done within a
   period which does not exceed 6 days, holiday
   shall be left out of account in computing the
   period.

2. In this order “holiday” means a day which is a Sunday or a
   public holiday.
3. No pleadings, summons, motions, orders, originating
   process, documents and other processes shall be served
   before 6.00a.m. or after 6.00p.m. Service effected after
   6.00p.m. shall be deemed to have been effected the
   following day, but service effected after 6.00p.m. on
   Saturday shall be deemed to have been effected on the
   following Monday.

4. (a) The Court may, either before or after the expiration of
   the time appointed by these Rules or by any judgment or
   order of the Court, extend the time or adjourn for doing any
   act or taking any proceedings.
   (b) The Court may upon application and/or with the
   consent of parties, abridge the time appointed by these
   Rules for the doing of any act or taking any proceedings.
5. (1) Any party who defaults in performing an act within the
   time authorized by the Court or under these Rules, shall pay to the Court an additional fee of N500.00 (Five hundred naira) for each day of such default at the time of compliance.
   (2) Every application for enlargement of time shall be accompanied by proof of compliance with Rule 5(1) of this order.

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