2. (1) All appeals under sections 101, 102 and 103 of the Municipal Corporations Law, Cap. 252, shall be instituted by a notice of appeal filed with the Registrar of the Court to which the appeal is made within the time allowed by the Law for appealing in each case.
(2) The notice of appeal must specify the grounds of appeal.
3. Every Registrar shall keep a book in which particulars of all notices of appeals filed under rule 2 shall be entered and every notice shall be given a serial number.
4. (1) A copy of the notice of appeal must be served, within the time allowed for appealing, on each of the following persons, not being the appellant, that is to say :-
(a) the Council;
(b) the owner of the premises concerned;
(c) the occupier of the premises concerned.
(2) Service on the Council may be effected by leaving a copy of the notice of appeal with the Town Clerk of the Municipal Corporation concerned.
5. (1) Every person upon whom a copy of a notice of appeal is served in accordance with rule 4 shall, if he intends to appear as respondent and oppose the appeal, give notice in writing of his intention to do so, stating whether he intends to appear separately or jointly with some other person, and giving his address for service and a short statement of the grounds of opposition to the appeal.
(2) Such notice shall be given to the Registrar of the Court and to the appellant before the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the service of the copy of the notice of appeal, or within such extended time as the Court may allow, and a person omitting to give such notice shall not be heard in. opposition to the appeal except upon such terms as the Court may think fit to impose.
6. The forms contained in Appendix A shall be used in matters or proceedings under sections 101, 102 and 103 of the Law with such variations and modifications as the circumstances may require.
7. If the terms of any order or judgment for which application is made to the Court have been agreed upon by all parties, particulars of such terms, signed by the parties or their advocates shall be sent to the Registrar of the Court, and at any subsequent sitting of the Court an order or judgment may be made or entered in accordance with such terms in the absence of the parties unless the Court for any special reason requires their attendance.
8. (1) The procedure to be followed on the hearing of any appeal under the Law shall be, as nearly as possible, the same as the procedure followed on the hearing of any civil appeal.
(2) The rules relating to civil proceedings shall apply to any matter arising out of a proceeding under the Law or these rules for which no provision is made herein.
9. The fees of Court prescribed in Appendix B shall be charged in respect of the proceedings therein mentioned.
10. Parties as between themselves and advocates as between themselves and their clients shall be entitled to charge and shall be allowed the fees prescribed in Appendix C in respect of the matters therein mentioned.
APPENDIX B.
(Rule 9).
FEES OF COURT.
| 1. | On filing Notice of Appeal | £1. |
| 2. | On filing Notice of Intention to appear as Respondent | 5s |