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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11541120 .}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11360870  to allow him to attend}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 .}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11360870\charrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 The hearing concluded }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8394127 on 23.8.76 and judgement was deferred to}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4548732  14.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 9}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4548732 .}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 76,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8394127 
 on which date there again was no appearance by the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 def}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8394127 e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 
ndant.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8394127\charrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 On 5.11.76 the defence advoc}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9961631 ate said he only became awa}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 re}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4548732  of the judgement}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9961631 a fe}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 w days earl}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14289881 ier and requested leave to appea}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 l }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14289881 out of time. It }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 was the advocate}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4220737 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 s duty to appe}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14289881 a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 r when the judgment }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14289881 was delivered or to arrange }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 for someone to do so and his failure }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4548732 in that}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14289881  respect }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4548732 was not }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8355212 a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14289881  good }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 ground on which to apply for an}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14289881  extension of time}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1930629 . However, the }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4548732 learned}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070  magistrate generously allowed the defendants 14 days in which to file an appeal from }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1930629 the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 date on which they received a copy of the judgment.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1930629\charrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2904397 An order of that nature can le}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 ad to complications. It tends to put the onus upon the court to ensure that a party }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2904397 receives a copy of th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 e ju}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2904397 dgment, when it is the de}{
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{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 s duty to obtain a copy.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2904397\charrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 How does one fix }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12869183 the time allowed for appealing under such }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 
an order? If th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5075000 e c}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 opy }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5075000 is ready on the 10th when will it be received? }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 Can the party collect}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13981863  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5075000 it in his own good time? If he takes 2 months }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 to collect it does he }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5075000 then have a further 14 days in which to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 
appeal? }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5075000 W}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 ho will record }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5075000 the date on which he receives the copy }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 judgment for the purpose }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15670851 of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5075000 fixing }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid746983 the final date for filing the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 appeal?
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13981863 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2701737 Tho}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15416796 se problems faced this court in regard to the instant appeal. After hearing }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8355212 
both counsel I deferred judg}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15416796 ment and it was then that }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11880353 I observed that }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15416796 
the appeal was signed on 1/4/77.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 The}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7824999  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 original copy of the appeal does not bear the Court stamp, or an}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7824999  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 official date stamp. However, in the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7876657  top left-hand corner appears}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4220737 -}{
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4220737 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7824999 indicating that it w}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 
as filed on 25th May 1977, more than 6 months after the application for extra time on 5.11.76.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2648070 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7824999\charrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7824999 Since the appeal was signed on 1/4}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 /77 the appellants}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7824999  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 must have had a copy of the judgment prior to 1/4/77 on which basis it }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7824999 should have been filed by 15.4.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 77.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2105660\charrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 There is in the court file a copy of the judgment which bears }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4220737 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2105660 
\par 
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as paid on 22/3}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2105660 /}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 77 for a copy of the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2105660 judgment, on which basis}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070  the appeal should have been filed on 5/4/7}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2105660 7}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 .}{
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 The magistrate gave leave to appeal on 5/11/76 and it did not take until 22/3/77 to provide a copy of his judgment. The}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7288239  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 Court staff say they
 maintain no record showing appeals pending and dates of supplying judgments and records. I would have thought that such a record would be of paramount importance to a magistrate in determining whether an }{
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7288239\charrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 The court file contains a copy of t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6750347 he}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070  judgment which b}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6750347 ears the court stamp and the lea}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 rned }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6750347\charrsid2648070 magistrate}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4220737 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6750347\charrsid2648070 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 
 signature certifying it on 17/11/76. Therefore the copy judgment was ready on 17/11/76. It}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6750347  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 is no fault of the magistrate}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4220737 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 s staff that the appellants waited}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9389956  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 4 months before collecting it. The onus is on the ap}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6750347 pe}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 
llants to find out if it is ready and to collect it.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6750347\charrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4221086 Although the judgmen}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 t was ready on 17.11.76 it was not collected until 23/3/77}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4221086 , and althoug}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 h the appeal was signed on 1st April 1977 it was not filed until 25.5.77. The appell
ants were grossly out of time under the magistrate}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4220737 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 
s order of 5/11/76 and it was, in my view, improper for counsel to file an appeal in these circumstances without applying for a further extension of time.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4221086\charrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 It }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13336423 m}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 ight be useful wh}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13336423 en a court is extending tim}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 e for an appeal to be lodged to ma}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13336423 
ke the period run from the date }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 on which a certified co}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13336423 py has been signed by the}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070  magistrate.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13336423\charrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9389956 Under }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13897205 O}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 .}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6890516  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 XXXVII r. III, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16015831 (4) where an appellant fails to}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 
 file grounds of appeal within the prescribed time, he shall be deemed to have abandoned the appeal, unless he ob}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16015831 tains a further extension of tim}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 e.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16015831\charrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 I ordered the appellants, through their advocate, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9176363 Mr. G.P}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 .}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9176363  Shankar, to show cause why the a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 ppeal should not be dismissed under the above rule, and u}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9176363 nder s. 38}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070  of the Magistrates Courts}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4220737 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070  Ordinance, Cap.10.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9176363\charrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 Mr. G.P. Shankar appeared on that notice and expressed no wish to sh}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2514185 ow cause and accepted that the a}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 ppellants were out of time.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2514185 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 Accordingly the appeal is dismissed.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2514185 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4220737 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid14686501 (Sgd.) J.T. Williams
\par JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2648070 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2514185 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2514185\charrsid2648070 LAUTOKA,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2514185 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2514185\charrsid2648070 2nd September, 1977.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2514185 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2514185\charrsid2648070 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 Messr}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2514185 s G.P. Shankar & C}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5455976 o}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2514185 ., Counsel for the A}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6890516 ppellants}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2514185 
\par Messrs Patel &}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070  Sharma, Counsel for the Respondent.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2514185 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2648070\charrsid2648070 Date of Hearing: 26th August, 1977.
\par }}