9/16/2020 NATIONAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION V AMOS SIEH SIEBO-MOTION TO DISMISS-FINAL JUDGMENT – Yardamah v. Comfort N. Natt et al., Supreme Court Opinion, March Term, 2015. As we have done in other elections cases, the National Elections Commission is hereby again admonished to make all efforts aimed at ensuring that the Regulations are succinct, predictable, void of conflicts and available to all candidates so that they are in knowledge of the regulations and in the position to appreciate which parts of the regulations are applicable to a particular situation. Predicated upon the above circumstances and principle of law cited, we hold that the respondent/appellant had up to three (3) days to perfect his appeal from decision of the NEC’s Board of Commissioners to this Court. The question is, did the respondent/appellant complete the appeal within the three days as to confer jurisdiction on this Court to entertain the merits of the appeal. The records certified to this Court do not reveal such to be the case. The records before this Court show that the ruling of the NEC’s Board of Commissioners was delivered on the 10th day of August, A. D. 2017. Taking the three (3) days computation into account, the respondent/appellant should have filed his notice of completion of appeal not later than the 13th day of August, A. D. 2017. However, since the August 13, 2017 fell on a Sunday, a non-working day, and since the number of days in the instant case is less than ten which requires the exclusion of Sundays and legal holidays, [Civil Procedure Law, Rev. Code 1:1.7], the respondent/appellant had up to the next day, the 14th day of August, A. D. 2017 to complete his appeal to this Court, inclusive of his recognizance with the NEC, the filing of his bill of exceptions and filing of the notice of completion of appeal. The records indicate that except for the recognizance aspect of the appeal, all of the other requirements, and especially the bill of exceptions, for completion of the appeal were done without the prescribed time. The respondent/appellant’s counsel, during argument before us, contended that while the final ruling of the Board of Commissions reflected that same was handed down on August 10, 2017, he actually received the said ruling on August 11, 2017. However, as he exhibited no evidence to substantiate the claim, judiciary.gov.lr/national-elections-commission-v-amos-sieh-siebo-motion-to-dismiss-final-judgment/ 31/36