This legislation was digitised using the Laws of Lesotho Volumes I – XLVII, which were produced by the Attorney General of Lesotho, as reference. As the volumes do not include precise publication dates, the last day of the year of publication has been used as the date of publication.
Subordinate Court Rules, 1996
Lesotho
Subordinate Courts Order, 1988
Subordinate Court Rules, 1996
Legal Notice 132 of 1996
- Published in Government Gazette on 31 December 1996
- Commenced
- [This is the version of this document from 31 December 1996.]
- [This legislation was digitised using the Laws of Lesotho Volumes I – XLVII, which were produced by the Attorney General of Lesotho, as reference. As the volumes do not include precise publication dates, the last day of the year of publication has been used as the date of publication.]
1. Citation, commencement and application
2. Interpretation
3. Documentation, filing, numbering, access to records
4. General duties of the clerk of court in civil matters
Summons, defence or counterclaim | M0, 50 |
Application or security bond | 25 |
Subpoena, warrant of execution or other process or document | 10 |
5. Summons commencing action
6. Endorsement of a summons
7. Amendment of summons
8. Messenger of the court
9. Service of process, notices and other documents
10. Delay in the prosecution of an action
If summons in an action be not served within 12 months of the date of its issue or, having been served, the plaintiff has not within that time after service taken further steps in the prosecution of the action, the summons shall lapse: Provided that where the defendant has requested the plaintiff, in writing, for an extension of time within which to pay the debt claimed or any portion thereof and such extension has been granted to him by the plaintiff, in writing, the summons shall not lapse until 12 months after the expiry of the period of extension.11. Judgment by consent
12. Judgment by default
13. Appearance to defend
14. Summary judgment
15. Documents supporting action
16. Further particulars
17. Exceptions and applications to strike out
18. Payment into court
19. Plea
20. Claims in reconvention
21. Reply
22. Set down of trial
23. Discovery of documents
24. Medical examinations, inspection of things, expert testimony and tendering in evidence of any plan, diagram, model or photograph
25. Pre-trial procedure for formulating issues
26 Subpoenae, interrogatories and commissions de bene esse
27. Withdrawal, dismissal and settlement
28. Intervention of persons in any proceedings: Third party
Procedure29. Trial
30. Record of proceedings in civil matters
31. Postponement and adjournment
32. Non-appearance of a party-withdrawal and dismissal
33. Costs
34. Fees of the messenger and court fees
35. Review of taxation
36. Process in execution
37 Second or further warrants or emoluments attachment orders or garnishee orders
38. Security by judgment creditor
39. General provisions regarding execution
40. Execution against a partnership
41. Execution against moveable property
42. Execution against incorporeal property
43. Execution against immovable property
44. Interpleader claims
45. Attachment of a debt by garnishee order
46. Review of judgments
47. Appeals and transfer of actions to Subordinate Courts
48. Appeals in civil cases
49. Representation of parties
50. Pro Deo applicants
51. Actions by and against partners, a person carrying on business in a name or style other than his own name, an unincorporated company, syndicate or association
52. Applications
53. Amendment of pleadings
54. Arrests, tanquam suspectus de fuga, interdicts, attachments and mandamenten van spolie
55. Assessors
56. Non compliance with rules, including time limits and errors
57. Records, entries or documents as evidence in civil matters
58. Security for costs by plaintiff
59. Procedure for securing the attendance of witnesses in criminal cases
60. Criminal record book
61. Record of criminal cases
62. Criminal appeals
63. Oath of office of interpreter
64. Repeal of Rules
History of this document
31 December 1996 this version
Published in Government Gazette