ARTICLE 52 The indemnities of witnesses who appear at the instance of the Court shall be paid out of the funds of the Court. ARTICLE 53 Any report or record of an enquiry carried out at the request of the Court, under the terms of Article 50 of the Statute, and reports furnished to the Court by experts, in accordance with the same article, shall be forthwith communicated to the parties. ARTICLE 54 A record shall be made of the evidence taken. The portion containing the evidence of each witness shall be read over to him and approved by him. As regards the remainder of the oral proceedings, the Court shall decide in each case whether verbatim records of all or certain portions of them shall be prepared for its own use. ARTICLE 55 The minutes mentioned in Article 47 of the Statute shall in particular include: 1. the names of the judges; 2. the names of the agents, advocates and counsel; 3. the names, Christian names, description and residence of witnesses heard; 4. a specification of other evidence produced; 5. any declarations made by the parties; 6. all decisions taken by the Court during the hearing. ARTICLE 56 Before the oral proceedings are concluded each party may present his bill of costs. IV. Interim Protection ARTICLE 57 When the Court is not sitting, any measures for the preservation in the meantime of the respective rights of the parties shall be indicated by the President. Any refusal by the parties to conform to the suggestions of the Court or of the President, with regard to such measures, shall be placed on record. V. Intervention An application for permission to intervene, under the terms of Article 62 of the Statute, must be communicated to the Registrar at latest before the commencement of the oral proceedings. Nevertheless the Court may, in exceptional circumstances, consider an application submitted at a later stage. ARTICLE 59 The application referred to in the preceding article shall contain: 1. a specification of the case in which the applicant desires to intervene; 2. a statement of law and of fact justifying intervention; 3. a list of the documents in support of the application; these documents shall be attached. Such application shall be immediately communicated to the parties, who shall send to the Registrar any observations which they may desire to make within a period to be fixed by the Court, or by the President, should the Court not be sitting. ARTICLE 60 Any State desiring to intervene, under the terms of Article 63 of the Statute, shall inform the Registrar in writing at latest before the commencement of the oral proceedings. The Court, or the President if the Court is not sitting, shall take the necessary steps to enable the intervening State to inspect the documents in the case, in so far as they relate to the interpretation of the convention in question, and to submit its observations thereon to the Court. VI. Agreement If the parties conclude an agreement regarding the settlement of the dispute and give written notice of such agreement to the Court before the close of the proceedings, the Court shall officially record the conclusion of the agreement. Should the parties by mutual agreement notify the Court in writing that they intend to break off proceedings, the Court shall officially record the fact and proceedings shall be terminated. The judgment shall contain: VII. Judgment 1. the date on which it is pronounced; 3. the names and style of the parties; 4. the names of the agents of the parties; 5. the conclusions of the parties; 6. the matters of fact; 7. the reasons in point of law; 8. the operative provisions of the judgment; 9. the decision, if any, referred to in Article 64 of the Statute. The opinions of judges who dissent from the judgment, shall be attached thereto should they express a desire to that effect. ARTICLE 63 After having been read in open Court the text of the judgment shall forthwith be communicated to all parties concerned and to the SecretaryGeneral of the League of Nations. ARTICLE 64 The judgment shall be regarded as taking affect on the day on which it is read in open Court, in accordance with Article 58 of the Statute. ARTICLE 65 A collection of the judgments of the Court shall be printed and published under the responsibility of the Registrar. VIII. Revision ARTICLE 66 Application for revision shall be made in the same form as the application mentioned in Article 40 of the Statute. It shall contain: 1. the reference to the judgment impeached; 2. the fact on which the application is based; 3. a list of the documents in support; these documents shall be attached. It shall be the duty of the Registrar to give immediate notice of an application for revision to the other parties concerned. The latter may submit observations within a time limit to be fixed by the Court, or by the President should the Court not be sitting. If the judgment impeached was pronounced by the full Court, the application for revision shall also be dealt with by the full Court. If the judgment impeached was pronounced by one of the Chambers mentioned in Articles 26, 27 or 29 of the Statute, the application for revision shall be dealt with by the same Chamber. The provisions of Article 13 of the Statute shall apply in all cases. If the Court, under the third paragraph of Article 61 of the Statute, makes a special order rendering the admission of the application conditional upon previous compliance with the terms of the judgment impeached, this condition shall be immediately communicated to the applicant by the Registrar, and proceedings in revision shall be stayed pending receipt by the Registrar of proof of previous compliance with the original judgment and until such proof shall have been accepted by the Court. SECTION C. SUMMARY PROCEDURE ARTICLE 67 Except as provided under the present section the rules for procedure before the full Court shall apply to summary procedure. ARTICLE 68 Upon receipt by the Registrar of the document instituting proceedings in a case which, by virtue of an agreement between the parties, is to be dealt with by summary procedure, the President shall convene as soon as possible the Chamber referred to in Article 29 of the Statute. ARTICLE 69 The proceedings are opened by the presentation of a case by each party. These cases shall be communicated by the Registrar to the members of the Chamber and to the opposing party. The cases shall contain reference to all evidence which the parties may desire to produce. Should the Chamber consider that the cases do not furnish adequate information, it may, in the absence of an agreement to the contrary between the parties, institute oral proceedings. It shall fix a date for the commencement of the oral proceedings. At the hearing, the Chamber shall call upon the parties to supply oral explanations. It may sanction the production of any evidence mentioned in the cases. If it is desired that witnesses or experts whose names are mentioned in the case should be heard, such witnesses or experts must be available to appear before the Chamber when required. ARTICLE 70 The judgment is the judgment of the Court rendered in the Chamber of summary procedure. It shall be read at a public sitting of the Chamber. HEADING 2.-ADVISORY PROCEDURE ARTICLE 71 Advisory opinions shall be given after deliberation by the full Court. The opinions of dissenting judges may, at their request, be attached to the opinion of the Court. ARTICLE 72 Questions upon which the advisory opinion of the Court is asked shall be laid before the Court by means of a written request, signed either by the President of the Assembly or the President of the Council of the League of Nations, or by the Secretary-General of the League under instructions from the Assembly or the Council. The request shall contain an exact statement of the question upon which an opinion is required, and shall be accompanied by all documents likely to throw light upon the question. ARTICLE 73 The Registrar shall forthwith give notice of the request for an advisory opinion to the members of the Court, and to the members of the League of Nations, through the Secretary-General of the League, and to the States mentioned in the Annex to the Covenant. Notice of such request shall also be given to any international organizations which are likely to be able to furnish information on the question. ARTICLE 74 Any advisory opinion which may be given by the Court and the request in response to which it was given, shall be printed and published in a special collection for which the Registrar shall be responsible. HEADING 3.-ERRORS ARTICLE 75 The Court, or the President if the Court is not sitting, shall be entitled to correct an error in any order, judgment or opinion, arising from a slip or accidental omission. Done at The Hague, the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty two. Judges: ANNEX TO ARTICLE 2 List of Judges and Deputy Judges in Order of Precedence M. LODER, President. M. WEISS, Vice-President. LORD FINLAY. M. BARBOSA. M. NYHOLM. MR. MOORE. M. DE BUSTAMANTE. M. ALTAMIRA. M. ODA. M. ANZILOTTI. M. HUBER. |