Cap. 551 Art. 32AHolding of sittings and delivery of decisions through electronic or other viable means of communication.

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act or any other law regulating the proceedings before the Tribunal, the Tribunal may hold and conduct the hearing of its sittings and deliver its decisions, through such electronic or other viable means of communication as it deems appropriate.

(2) The Tribunal shall, in all cases, ensure that the hearing of any of its sittings and the delivery of any of its decisions, in the manner set out in sub-article (1), be open and accessible to the public through such electronic or other viable means of communication as it deems appropriate. The Tribunal may take all such measures and issue all such orders it deems appropriate to ensure the proper conduct of the sittings of the Tribunal and delivery of its decisions by electronic or other viable means of communication. It may also allow the filing of acts, in the proceedings brought before it, to be made by electronic means in such format as it deems appropriate.

(3) The provisions contained in the Act relative to the conduct of proceedings and the delivery of decisions by the Tribunal shall, as far as is reasonably practicable, apply in the same manner to sittings held and conducted and decisions delivered, in the manner set out in this article:

Provided that no nullity shall ensue for non-observance of any provision of the Act relative to the conduct of the proceedings or the delivery of decisions of the Tribunal by electronic or other viable means of communication due to the failure of the electronic or other means of communication used.

(4) The conduct of the hearing of the sittings and the delivery of decisions of the Tribunal by electronic or other viable means of communication shall have the same effect at law as those held without such means.

(5) Notwithstanding the above sub-articles, the use of electronic means or other viable means of communication shall take place after a pre-notice of five (5) days is given to all persons concerned.