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Article 27
 
 Text of the act(Considered status of legislation: 1. April 2008)
Deliberations
1. The Tribunal shall deliberate in closed session.
2. Only those Judges who were present at the hearing may take part in the deliberations.
3. In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 17 of the Statute of the Court of Justice and the first paragraph of Article 5 of Annex I to the Statute, deliberations of the Tribunal shall be valid only if an uneven number of Judges is sitting in the deliberations.
If, in the Chamber sitting with five Judges or in the full court, there is an even number of Judges, as a result of a Judge's being absent or prevented from attending, the lowest-ranking Judge, according to the order of precedence fixed pursuant to Article 5, shall abstain from taking part in the deliberations, unless he is the Judge-Rapporteur. In that last case, it is the Judge immediately senior to him who shall abstain.
4. Every Judge taking part in the deliberations shall state his opinion and the reasons for it.
Any Judge may require that any question be formulated in the language of his choice and communicated in writing to the other Judges before being put to the vote.
The conclusions reached by the majority of the Judges after final discussion shall determine the decision of the Tribunal. Votes shall be cast in reverse order to the order of precedence laid down pursuant to Article 5.
Differences of view on the substance, wording or order of questions, or on the interpretation of a vote, shall be settled by decision of the Tribunal.
5. Where the deliberations of the Tribunal concern questions of its own administration, the Registrar shall be present, unless the Tribunal decides to the contrary.
6. Where the Tribunal sits without the Registrar being present it shall, if necessary, instruct the lowest-ranking Judge, according to the order of precedence referred to in Article 5, to draw up minutes. The minutes shall be signed by this Judge and by the President.
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