Judgment No. SC 27/18 Civil Appeal No. SC 173/17 iii. He undertakes supervision of work of all staff deployed on litigation duties. iv. He makes arrangement for court sitting and give necessary assistance to the judge in the open court. v. He helps in the administration of Oath and Affirmation on witnesses appearing in court. vi. He maintains record books in accordance with the rules of court and preparation of the court proceedings eg. rulings and judgments for interested litigants and lawyers in addition to when such matter is going on appeal. vii. He must ensure proper maintenance and disposal of attached property and exhibits in his custody viii. He must ensure the preparation of quarterly returns of cases filed and disposed. ix. He must see to the execution of court judgments and orders. It should be noted that once a notice of appeal has been filed with the registrar of this court, the appeal is, from that point, pending before the Supreme Court. In my view once the second respondent filed the notice of appeal within the prescribed time, it ceased to be an issue upon which the registrar’s decision could be questioned or one where a single judge of the Supreme Court could declare a nullity. I was thus not convinced by the argument that there was a distinction between this case and the Blue Rangers Case (supra) as the net effect of such an order would be the same. If the matter, were to be struck off the roll, it would no longer be before the court. Similarly, if the registrars decision accepting the notice of appeal were to be set aside on the 6