Consumer Affairs Act (Cap. 378), article 26

26. (1) There shall be a registry for each tribunal. (2) The records of each tribunal shall be accessible to all persons, and copies shall be given on payment of the prescribed fee to any person on request. (3) The acts and records of a tribunal shall be deposited and kept in any place as the Ministe r may, with the concurrence of the Minister responsible for justi ce, by order in the Gazette estab lish. (4) The Minister shall appoint a secretary to each tribunal. (5) The secretary shall subject t o s u c h r u l e s a s m a y b e m a d e under this Part, have the same functions in relation to the tri bunal as the Registrar of the Courts and the Archivist of the Courts have in relation to the superior courts. (6) The Minister shall also app oint deputy secretaries who shall, subject to rules made as aforesaid, have such duties as are assigned to them by the secretar y in general and in particular as are performed by deputy registra rs in the superior courts. (7) Before assuming the functi ons of their office, a secretary and a deputy secretary shall take and subscribe to an oath befo re a Commissioner for Oaths to pe rform their duties fairly and impartially acco rding to law. Rules.27. The Minister may, with the c oncurrence of the Minister responsible for justice, make ru les for the better functioning of the tribunals established under this Part and may without prejudice to the generality hereof make rules: (a) setting out the procedure before the tribunals or in appeals from the tribunals; 34 CAP. 378.] CONSUMER AFF AIRS (b) establishing the forms that are to be used in proceedings before the tribun als or in app eals from the tribunals; (c) establishing rates of costs in proceedings before the tribunals; (d) establishing the fees that may be due to the registry of the tribunal; (e) setting out the duties of the secretaries and deputy secretaries; and (f) prescribing anything that may or is to be prescribed in accordance with this Part. PART IV Consumer Associations Requirements for registrations. Amended by: XXVI. 2000.13.