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21. Where the rent of the premises is less than $25.00 per mouth, Applications or Answers by the tenant may be in the Chinese language.
22. The Opponent or his advocate shall deliver two copies of the Answer (duly signed) to the office within seven days after service of the Application.
23. The Applicant shall, not less than seven and not more than ten days after service of the Application, obtain from the Clark a copy of the Anawar.
Date of Hearing.
24. Three days after a copy of the Answer has been obtained in accordance with Rule 22, notice of the date fixed for the hearing of the Application will be posted at the office. This shall be deemed to be due and proper notice to the parties.
25. At the date of the hearing, both parties shall appear before the Tribunal with their respective advocates, witnesses and documentary evidence.
26. If the party duly served with the Application does not, within the time prescribed therefor, deliver an Answer as aforesaid, the Applicant may, upon filing an affidavit of service, apply to the Tribunal to hear the Application in the absence of the defaulting party.
Sittings of Tribunal.
27. No member of a Tribunal shall beor an Application in respect of premises in which he is financially interested.
28. (1) The sittings of the Tribunal will be on stated days
(2) The sittings shall be public.
29. The Tribunal (for reasons which the Chairman shall record in the notes of proceedings) may at any time do any of the following things as it thinks just:
(1) Defer or adjourn the hearing or determination of any Applica-
tion.
(2) Order or allow any amendments of an Application or other
documents.
(9) Appoint or allow a time for, or enlarge or abridge the time appointed or allowed for or allow further time for, the doing of any uct.
(4) Correct any errors in the record.
30. No Application or Answer shall be treated by the Tribunal as invalid on Recount of say technical error or mistake in form or in words.
Evidence and Winessen:
81. (1) All witnesses (except those objecting or incompetent to take an outh) shall be examined upon oath, which shall be in the following form:
"I swear by Almighty God that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the trutb."
(2) If any witness shall object to take an oath, or is bald to ba incompetent to take an oath, he may make a declaration in the following form:
"I, A.B., solemnly promise and declare, etc.”
(3) These forme may be varied in conformity with the religious belief of the witness into any form which he shall declare or admit to be biuding on his conscience.
32. Every witness is first examined-in-chief by the party calling him. After the conclusion of the examination-in-chief the opposing side has the right to cross-examîne.
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33. After the cross-examination, the party calling the witness has the right to re-examine him if any new fact arises out of the cross-examination or in explanation of any part of his cross-examination, but the re-examination must be strictly confined to matters arising out of the cross-examination. After the re examination, no further questions shall be asked of any witness, except by leave of and through the Tribunal, but the Tribunal is at liberty. at any stags of the proceedings to put all such questious to any witness ma may be necessary in order to elicit all facts of the case. The Tribunal way at any time read a witness for further questioning. When any document is produced to the Tribunal, it shall be read and admitted as "evidence if relevant and if it appears to the Tribunal to be a genuine document
34. The Tribunal may take into consideration any matter which it considers relevant to the Application before it notwithstanding that such matter is not strictly admissible under the law relating to evidence: Provided that nothing contained in this Rule shall preclude the Court upon ang Appeal from disregarding anything so admitted if it considers such course desirable in the interests of justice.
Hearing.
35. (1) If at the hearing the Applicant appears, but the Opponent does nut appear, the Tribunal shall, before hearing the Application, inquire into the service of the Application on the absent party. (2) The Tribunal if not satisfied as to service, may adjourn the hearing to permit of such further service us it may direct; but it so satisfied, may proceed to hear the Application notwith- standing the absence of the Opponent.
34. T at the hearing the Applicant does not appear and the Opponent appears and does not admit the Application, the Tribunal may in its discretion dismiss or adjouru the Application upon such terms as to the Tribunal shall seem fit.
Amendments.
37. The Tribumul may at any stage of the hearing and in such manner and upon such terms as may be just, allow all such amendments to be made as may be necessary for the purpose of determining the real question in controversy between the parties.
Orders.
38. (1) Every Order made by the Tribunal shall be noted in the notes
of the proceedings, at the time when the Order is made.
(2) Every such Order shall have the full force and effect of a formal
Order.
30. The Court may at any time cause a formal Order to be drawn up on the Application of any party, A formal Order shall be certified by affixing thereto the seal of the Tribunal and shall be signed by the Chairman. An Order shall bear the date of the delivery of the decision on which the Order is founded,
Case Stated.
40. When a case has beep stated under sub-section 5 of section 28 it shall be the duty of the Chairman to supply a copy thereof to the parties, who may within seven days apply by summons in Chambers to the Court for an Order directing the Chairman to amend the case in any particular. The Chairman shall if so directed by the Court amend the case in accordance with such direction.
41. The Court shall after the time for applying to amend the case has clapsed or if it has directed the case to be amended, after the case bas been amended in accordance with its direction, at the request of either party, sot down the case for argument before the Court.
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Appeal.
All appeals shall be brought by notice of motion in a summary way. 43. The notice of motion shall be served on all persons affected by
the appeal and it shall not be necessary to aarve parties not so affected.
44. Notice of motion shall be a fourteen days notice.