S.L. 12.9 Art. 28Forensic year sessions and court vacations.

(1) The forensic year shall commence on first October of each year and the forensic year is divided into three sessions:

(a) the first is called the Victory session and commences on the first of October;

(b) the second is called the session of Epiphany and commences on the seventh of January; and

(c) the third is called the session of Pentecost and commences on the Thursday after Easter Sunday.

(2) In each session there shall be vacations in the superior courts, with the exception of the Voluntary Jurisdiction Section and the Family Section of the Civil Court.

(3) Court vacations shall be as follows:

(a) in the Victory session from the seventeenth of December to the sixth of January inclusively;

(b) in the session of Epiphany, the vacations shall be from Wednesday in Holy Week to the Wednesday after Easter Sunday inclusively; and

(c) in the session of Pentecost, from the sixteenth of July to the fifteenth of September inclusively.

(4) The vacations in the inferior courts shall be during the month of August of each year and during the periods mentioned in sub-rule 3(a) and (b).

(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-rules (3) and (4), the superior and inferior courts may sit on any day and at any time for reasons of urgency as decided by the court on the request or with the approval of both parties or for any other reason whatsoever as determined by the court provided that the said reason is registered in the records of the case.