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(i) Any Citizen of the Partner States, and any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Partner State, shall have the right to address, individually or in association with other citizens or persons, a petition to the Assembly on a matter which comes within the Community’s fields of activity and which affects him, her or it directly.
(ii) Petitions to the Assembly shall show the name, occupation, nationality and permanent address of each petitioner.
(iii) Petition must be written in the official language of the Community, which is English. Petitions written in any other language will be considered only where the petitioner has attached a translation or summary drawn up in official language of the Community
(iv) Petitions shall be entered in a register in the order in which they are received if they comply with the conditions laid down in sub-rule (2), those that do not shall not be filed and the petitioner shall be informed of the reasons therefore.
(v) Petitions entered in the register shall be forwarded by the Speaker to the Committee responsible, which shall first ascertain whether the petitions registered fall within the sphere of activities of the Community.
(vi) Petitions declared inadmissible by the Committee shall not be filed; the petitioner shall be informed of the decision and the reasons therefore.
(vii) In such cases the Committee may suggest to the petitioner, that he contacts the competent authority of the Partner State concerned or of the Community.
(viii) Unless the person submitting the petition asks for it to be treated in confidence, it shall be entered in a public register.