Order 19 FCT (Civil Procedure) Rules 2025

Order 19 of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2025 is about Admissions. It contains the following rules:

1. Any party to a proceeding may give notice by his pleadings
   or otherwise in writing, that he admits the truth of the
   whole or any part of the case.

2. (1) Either party may by notice in writing file and serve, not
   later than 7 days before the day fixed for hearing, require
   any other party to admit any document or facts mentioned
   in the notice and the party so served shall not later than 4
   days after service give notice of admission or nonadmission of document or facts mentioned in the notice,
   failing which he shall be deemed to have admitted it unless
   the Court otherwise orders.

(2) Where a party decides to challenge the authenticity of
any document, he shall not later than 7 days of service of
that document give notice that he does not admit the
document and requires it to be proved at the trial.

(3) Where a party gives notice of non-admission and the
document is proved at the trial, the cost of proving the
document, which shall not be less than five thousand naira,
shall be paid by the party who has challenged it, unless at
the trial or hearing the Court shall certify that there were
reasonable grounds for not admitting the authenticity of
the document.

3. The Court may, on application, at any other stage of the
   proceedings where admissions of facts have been made,
   either on the pleadings or otherwise enter judgment as
   upon such admissions as a party may be entitled to,
   without waiting for the determination of any other
   question between the parties.
4. Where a notice to admit or produce comprises documents
   that are not necessary, the cost occasioned thereby which
   shall not be less than N5,000 (five thousand naira) shall be
   borne by the party giving such notice.

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