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Article 23 (1) The deliberations of the Commission shall take place in private and remain secret. (2) Only members of the Commission shall take part in its deliberations. No other person shall be admitted unless the Commission decides otherwise. Article 24 The decisions of the Commission shall be taken by a majority of the votes of all its members. Abstention by any member of the Commission shall count as a negative vote. Article 25 If at any time the President of the Commission should be unable to act, his functions shall be performed by one of the other members of the Commission, acting in the order in which the Secretariat had received the notice of their acceptance of their appointment to the Commission. Article 26 (1) Each party may be represented or assisted by agents, counsel or advocates whose names and authority shall be notified by that party to the Secretariat, which shall promptly inform the Commission and the other party. (2) For the purposes of these Rules, the expression "party" includes, where the context so admits, an agent, counsel or advocate authorized to represent that party.
CHAPTER Vl Article 27 The Commission shall make the orders required for the conduct of the proceeding. Article 28 (1) As early as possible after the constitution of a Commission, its President shall endeavor to ascertain the views of the parties regarding questions of procedure. For this purpose he may request the par-
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