(a) Every bill of complaint and every writ of certiorari shall include an appendix. Said appendix, along with the appendix of the appealed party’s brief, shall constitute the docket of appeal or certiorari before the Circuit Court of Appeals, unless the court orders the same to be omitted, and the original records to be referred.(b) The following documents shall compose the appendix of the initial bill of complaint or certiorari:(1) Complaint and answer(2) the judgment on appeal, or the resolution or order from which the appeal stems;(3) any resolution or order, and any motion or writ of any of the parties, in which any matter stated in the bill of complaint or certiorari is expressly discussed, or which is relevant thereto;(4) any motion, resolution or order needed to justify the interruption and resumption of the term to appeal or file the writ of certiorari;(5) any other document which is part of the original record in the Court of First Instance and that may be useful to the Circuit Court of Appeal in order to decide the controversy.(c) The appendix shall only contain copies of documents that are part of the original record of the Court of First Instance. e useful to the Circuit Court of Appeal in order to decide the controversy.(c) The appendix shall only contain copies of documents that are part of the original record of the Court of First Instance. Whenever the appellant or petitioner raises undue exclusion of evidence as an error, a copy of the evidence offered and not admitted shall be included in a separate appendix.(d) The appellee or petitioner may include as an appendix to its argument or opposition any document which is part of the record before the Court of First Instance and that, in his/her judgment, the Circuit Court of Appeals should consider, but which was not included by the appellee in the appendix of its notice.(e) All the pages in the appendix filed by any of the parties shall be numbered consecutively. The documents shall be organized in chronological order. Furthemore, the appendix shall contain an index indicating the page on which each document appears.(f) It shall not be necessary to include in an appendix any document that has already been included in the appendix of a prior brief in the same case. In such cases, every subsequent reference to such document shall indicate the corresponding page and dix any document that has already been included in the appendix of a prior brief in the same case. In such cases, every subsequent reference to such document shall indicate the corresponding page and appendix. History —Added on Dec. 25, 1995, No. 249, § 35, eff. May 1, 1996.
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