Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12)

Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 22

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22. (1) Causes shall be tried in public: Provided that it shall be lawful for the court to order that the cause be heard with closed doors, should decency or good morals so require. (2) It shall also be lawful for the court, in any other case, at the request of both parties, upon good reason being shown, to order that the cause be heard with closed doors. Order of court to be recorded. (3) In any of the said cases, the order of the court shall be recorded. Judgments to be delivered in public. Substituted by: XXIV.1995.10.

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