s 60 Procedure of Courts
60.—(1) In the hearing and determination of a trade dispute or in any other proceedings before a Court —(a) the procedure of the Court shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be within the discretion of the Court; (b) the Court shall not be bound to act in a formal manner and shall not be bound by the Evidence Act 1893 but may inform itself on any matter in such manner as it thinks just; and (c) the Court shall act according to equity, good conscience and the substantial merits of the case without regard to technicalities and legal forms. (2) The Court may determine the periods which are reasonably necessary for the fair and adequate presentation of the respective cases of the parties to the trade dispute or other proceedings and require that those cases be presented within the respective periods so determined. (3) The Court may require evidence or argument to be presented in writing and may decide the matters on which it will hear oral evidence or argument.