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Rh (4) If the former member is a member of the panel, the president is to reconstitute the Tribunal by selecting another member of the panel to sit on the Tribunal.

(5) The Tribunal as reconstituted under subsection (2), (3) or (4)—
 * (a) may continue to dispose of the proceeding, and for this purpose may consider everything that has been said or done earlier in the proceeding; but
 * (b) if the proceeding is a case, the Tribunal must hear the case afresh if all the parties so request.

Sittings

488. A Tribunal is to sit at the times and places decided by the presiding member.

Proceedings to be in public

489.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), the proceedings of a Tribunal are to be held in public.

(2) If a Tribunal considers that there is sufficient reason to do so, the Tribunal may—
 * (a) direct that—
 * (i) a proceeding before the Tribunal is to be held in private;
 * (ii) only specified individuals may be admitted to a proceeding before the Tribunal; or
 * (iii) specified individuals are excluded from a proceeding before the Tribunal; and
 * (b) prohibit or restrict the publication of—
 * (i) any evidence given (whether in public or private, or orally or in writing) before the Tribunal; or
 * (ii) any information relating to a proceeding before the Tribunal.

(3) In subsection (2), “proceeding” includes part of a proceeding.