Hong Kong Regulations

LEVERAGED FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRADING (ARBITRATION) RULES - SECT 23

Hearing of witnesses

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

(1) If witnesses are to be heard, each party shall give a written notice to
the arbitrator and to the other party at least 14 days before the hearing of-

   (a)  the names and addresses of the witnesses;

   (b)  the subject matter of their testimony or, at the request of the
        arbitrator, transcripts of witness statements or expert reports; and

   (c)  the languages in which such witnesses will give their testimony.

(2) The arbitrator may arrange for translations or recordings to be made at a
hearing as he considers appropriate.

(3) Hearings shall be held in public unless the arbitrator decides otherwise.

(4) The arbitrator may require the retirement of any witness or witnesses
during the testimony of other witnesses.

(5) Evidence of witnesses may also be presented in the form of written
statements signed by them.

(6) The arbitrator is free to determine the manner in which witnesses are
examined. (Enacted 1994)