5A.1 Scope of this Part
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(1) This Part contains provisions about the use of the Electronic Litigation Portal for electronic filing and service of court documents through electronic means of communication.
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(2) In this Part —
“court's registry” means the Court Office of the High Court situated in each of the Member States and Territories and of the Court of Appeal situated at the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) Headquarters in Saint Lucia, whichever is applicable in the context;
“court's website” means the website of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court;
“Electronic Litigation Portal” means the web-based application which has been developed and implemented to offer stakeholders in the judicial system of the Eastern Caribbean a single point of access for the electronic filing of documents into case files, and for the electronic management of documents and case files within the Court's Registry in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in accordance with this Part;
“electronic mail” means a form of electronic communication of the contents of a document and includes the use of an online application, e-mail, e-messages, e-certification, online shared drives, CD ROMs, USB Drives, or Facsimile.