Article 32Proceedings

①An arbitral tribunal may hold oral hearings to have the parties produce evidence or state their opinions; provided, however, that if one party makes the request referred to in Article 34, paragraph (3) or otherwise petitions to hold oral hearings, the arbitral tribunal must hold the oral hearings at an appropriate stage of the arbitration procedure.

②The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if otherwise agreed by the parties.

③If the arbitral tribunal holds an oral hearing to hear opinions or inspect goods or documents, it must notify the parties of the date, time and place of the oral hearing, leaving a reasonable period of time before the date of the oral hearing.

④If a party has submitted a written allegation, documentary evidence or any other records to the arbitral tribunal, the party must take measures to enable the other party to know their contents.

⑤An arbitral tribunal must take measures to enable all the parties to know the content of the report of the expert and other evidentiary material which should serve as the basis for the arbitral award or other decisions by the arbitral tribunal.