63. At the time fixed for the hearing, the Tribunal member shall call the case, acknowledge the presence or absence of the parties and proceed with the hearing.
The Tribunal member shall summarily instruct the parties on the rules of evidence and each party shall state his pretensions and introduce his witnesses.
The Tribunal member shall give equitable and impartial assistance to each party so as to render effective the substantive law and to ensure that it is carried out. It may, on its own initiative, raise the exception resulting from prescription by allowing the parties to respond to it.
If it is necessary to examine a witness at a distance, the technological means used must allow the witness to be identified, heard and seen live. The Tribunal may however decide, after consulting the parties, to hear a witness without the witness being seen.
1979, c. 48, s. 63; 2019, c. 282019, c. 28, s. 91112019, c. 282019, c. 28, s. 91122019, c. 282019, c. 28, s. 9113; 2024, c. 22024, c. 2, s. 711.