(1) The hours of business for electronic litigation filing are from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. from Monday to Friday, excluding weekends and public holidays.
(2) A document to which the Court's stamp and the date of filing information has been applied by the Electronic Litigation Portal is deemed to be filed on the date and time that the document was submitted to the Electronic Litigation Portal, if the date and time of filing is within the hours of business for electronic filing.
(3) A document submitted through the Electronic Litigation Portal for filing outside the hours of business for electronic litigation filing or on a weekend, or public holiday is deemed to have an effective filing date as being the date when the Court's Registry is next open.
(4) Rules made by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court relating to holidays and computation of time apply to documents filed using the Electronic Litigation Portal.
(5) Notwithstanding sub-rule (4), a period during which the service is not available through the facility hosting the Electronic Litigation Portal is excluded from the computation of time.