Article 31
Copies of Instruments
Except as otherwise provided by the Tribunal after
consultation with the parties and the Secretariat, every notice, request, pleading,
application, written observation or other instrument shall be filed in the form of a
signed original accompanied by the following number of additional copies:
(a) before the number of members of the Tribunal has
been determined: five; and
(b) after the number of members of the Tribunal has been
determined: two more than the number of its members.
Article 32
Supporting Documentation
(1) Documentation filed in support of any notice,
request, pleading, application, written observation or other instrument introduced into a
proceeding shall consist of one original and of the number of additional copies equal to
the number of additional copies required of the instrument to which the documentation
relates. The original shall, unless otherwise agreed by the parties or ordered by the
Tribunal, consist of the complete document or of a copy or extract duly certified by a
public official.
(2) Each document which is not in a language approved
for the proceeding in question shall, unless otherwise ordered by the Tribunal, be
accompanied by a certified translation into such a language.
Article 33
Time Limits
(1) All time limits specified in these Rules or fixed by
a Tribunal or the Secretary-General shall be computed from the date on which the limit is
announced in the presence of the parties or their representatives or on which the
Secretary-General dispatches the pertinent notification or instrument (which date shall be
marked on it). The day of such announcement or dispatch shall be excluded from the
calculation.
(2) A time limit shall be satisfied if a notification or
instrument dispatched by a party is delivered at the seat of the Centre, or to the
Secretary of a Tribunal that is meeting away from the seat of the Centre, before the close
of business on the indicated date or, if that day is a Saturday, a Sunday, a public
holiday observed at the place of delivery or a day on which for any reason regular mail
delivery is restricted at the place of delivery, then before the close of business on the
next subsequent day on which regular mail service is available.
(3) Any step taken after expiration of the applicable
time limit shall be disregarded unless the Tribunal, in special circumstances and