CAP. 246]
Compulsory Service Tribunal Procedure Rules.
(1970 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Service of sealed copy of claim,
objection or appeal.
Notice of time and place of hearing.
Sittings of
Tribunal to be in public.
Power to adjourn, etc.
General provisions as to procedure, (Cap. 4, sub. leg.)
Attendance of medical practitioner at examination before board.
(b) number the claim, objection or appeal;
(c) seal each copy thereof; and
(d) return one copy to the Director.
5.
The Secretary shall forthwith cause to be served a sealed copy of such claim, objection or appeal upon the claimant, objector or appellant, as the case may be.
6. The Secretary shall give the Director and claimant, objector or appellant, at least seven days' notice of the time and place at which the Tribunal will sit for the consideration of the case and the Tribunal may proceed to adjudicate on the matter notwithstanding that the Director or his representative or the claimant, objector or appellant is not present.
7. (1) The sittings of the Tribunal shall be in public unless the judge in any particular case for special reasons directs that members of the public or representatives of any newspaper shall not be admitted to or shall withdraw during the hearing of that case or any part thereof.
(2) For the purpose of discussing their decisions, the Tribunal may order all persons not being members of the Tribunal to withdraw.
8. The Tribunal may at any time-
(a) defer or adjourn the hearing or determination of any case;
(b) order or allow any amendments of the grounds of or reasons for a claim, objection or appeal or of the Director's observations thereon.
9. The procedure prescribed by Order 35, rule 7 of the Rules of the Supreme Court shall be applied, mutatis mutandis to the hearing of claims, objections or appeals referred to the Tribunal under the Ordinance so far as the same can be made applicable thereto unless the judge in any case for the avoidance of delay or in furtherance of substantial justice thinks fit otherwise to direct and except where the said provisions may, in the opinion of the judge, be unsuitable or may conflict or be inconsistent with the Ordinance or these rules.
10. Where the Tribunal refers any objection on the ground of physical fitness to a board of medical practitioners under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 13 of the Ordinance the Tribunal may upon the application of the persons concerned, direct that a medical practitioner nominated by him shall be permitted to be present at his examination by such board.