Appellant resident outside the Colony.
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(2) Where in any case to which this regulation applies it comes to the knowledge of the Board, before the Statement of the Case is sent to the appellant under regulation 21, that the appellant is to be represented at the hearing of the appeal, the representative shall, for the purposes of the provisions of that regulation relating to the transmission of the Statement of the Case, the submission of an answer and the transmission of any comments thereon, be treated as the appellant.
(3) If in any case to which this regulation applies it appears to the Board that the appellant does not intend to be represented at the hearing of the appeal, the Board shall omit from the copies of the Statement of the Case sent by it to the appellant under regulation zr those portions which in the opinion of the Board it would be undesirable in the interests of the appellant to disclose to him, so, however, that the copies of the Statement of the Case sent by the Board to the secretary under sub- regulation (6) of regulation 21 shall contain the omitted portions and shall be accompanied by a notice stating the fact of the ommission and the reasons therefor.
(4) On the receipt of copies of a Statement of the Case and a notice under the last foregoing sub-regulation the chairman of the Tribunal shall use his best endeavours to assist the appellant to obtain a suitable person or organization to represent him at the hearing of the appeal, and where such representative is obtained the Board shall, on being notified to that effect, send to the representative two copies of the omitted portions of the Statemeal of the Case, together with a stalement that the omissions were made pursuant to this regulation.
(5) In any case to which this regulation applies, the chairman shall indicate to the Tribunal, before the hearing of the appeal, which portions of the Statement of the Case have not been disclosed to the appellant, and the Tribunal shall decide whether, in the interests of the appellant, those portions should or should not be disclosed to him, and accordingly the Tribunal may order that all or any of those portions shall be communicated to the appellant forthwith, or may hear the appeal without all or any of those portions being so communicated, so, however, that the Tribunal shall take the omitted portions into consideration before deciding the appeal.
37. (1) Where an appellant is resident outside the Colony his appeal shall, subject to the provisions of this regulation, be heard in his absence.
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(2) As soon as the appellant's case is ready for hearing, he shall be notified of that fact by the secretary, and the appellant TRY, within such time as may be specified in the notification, give notice to the secretary stating that he intends to visit the Colony in the near future and requesting that his appeal should not be heard before a specified date, and the chairman of the Tribunal, if satisfied that it would be reasonable for the hearing to be postponed, may direct that it shall not be heard before that date and may give further directions for the bearing of the appeal as he shall think fit.
(3) The chairman of the Tribunal may, and, in the case of an appeal under sub-regulation (1), (2) or (3) of regulation 13, shall, make arrangements for the appellant to be medically examined at some convenient place in the country in which he is resident, and, where such an arrangement is made, the appeal shall not be proceeded with until a medical report on the examina- tion has been received by the secretary and a copy thereof has been sent to the representative (if any) of the appellant and to the Board.
38. (1) Where the Secretary is notified that an appellant Death of appellant, has died before the appeal is decided-
(u) in the case of an appeal under regulation 12 or 13, the chairman may, on application made to him within twelve months from the date of death, give directions that the appeal shall proceed, so far as may be, as if the dependant or personal representative, as the case may be, had brought the appeal on behalf of the appellant in the first instance and the appellant had not died, and that it shall be heard with any other appcal brought by a dependent în respect of the appellant's death;
(b) in the case of an appeal under regulation 14, the appent
shall be struck out.
39. (1) There may be allowed-
(4) to an appellant who attends the hearing;
(b) to a relative, guardian or other representative attending The hearing on behalf of an appellant by virtue of arrangements made by the chairman of the Tribunal under regulation 357
(e) to a person who accompanies an appellant at the hearing where the chairman of the Tribunal certifies that it is for the appellant, by reason of his health, necessary to be accompanied by an attendant; and
Expenses
appellant.
of