Landlord and Tenant.
23. The applicant shall, not less than seven and not more than ten days after service of the application, obtain from the clerk a copy of the answer.
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 hear 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.
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29. A note of all matters pertinent to the proceedings shall G.N. be kept in the English language by or under the direction of the A.175/48. chairman and in particular a note of the evidence of each witness at the time when such evidence was given.
30. 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-
(a) defer or adjourn the hearing or determination of any application;
(b) order or allow any amendments of an application or other documents;
(c) 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 act;
(d) correct any errors in the record.
31. No application or answer shall be treated by the tribunal as invalid on account of any technical error or mistake in form or in words.
Evidence and Witnesses.
32. (1) All witnesses (except those objecting or incompetent to take an oath) 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 truth."
(2) If any witness shall object to take an oath, or is held to be incompetent to take an oath, he may make a declaration in the following form-
"I, A. B., solemnly promise and declare, etc."
(3) These forms may be varied in conformity with the religious belief of the witness into any form which he shall declare or admit to be binding on his conscience.
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Landlord and Tenant.
23. The applicant shall, not less than seven and not more than ten days after service of the application, obtain from the clerk a copy of the answer.
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 docu- mentary 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 hear 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.
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29. A note of all matters pertinent to the proceedings shall G.N. be kept in the English language by or under the direction of the A.175/48. chairman and in particular a note of the evidence of each witness at the time when such evidence was given.
30. 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-
(a) defer or adjourn the hearing or determination of any
application;
(b) order or allow any amendments of an application or other
documents;
(c) 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 act;
(d) correct any errors in the record.
31. No application or answer shall be treated by the tribunal as invalid on account of any technical error or mistake in form or in words.
Evidence and Witnesses.
32. (1) All witnesses (except those objecting or incompetent to take an oath) 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 truth."
(2) If any witness shall object to take an oath, or is held to be incompetent to take an oath, he may make a declaration in the following form-
"I, A. B., solemnly promise and declare, etc."
(3) These forms may be varied in conformity with the religious belief of the witness into any form which he shall declare or admit to be binding on his conscience.
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