4. The Chief Registrar shall take the oath in accordance with Article 17(2) of these Rules before the President of the Court. 5. The Chief Registrar may be deprived of his office only if he no longer fulfils the requisite conditions or no longer meets the obligations arising from his office; the Court shall take its decision after giving the Registrar an opportunity to make representations. 6. If the office of Chief Registrar falls vacant before the normal date of expiry of the term thereof, the Court shall appoint a new Chief Registrar for a term of six years. Article 10 The Court may, following the procedure laid down in respect of the Chief Registrar, appoint one or more Registrars to assist the Chief Registrar and to take his place in so far as the Instructions to the Chief Registrar referred to in Article 14 of these Rules allow. Article 11 Where the Chief Registrar and the Registrars are absent or prevented from attending or their posts are vacant, the President shall designate an official or other servant to carry out temporarily the duties of the Chief Registrar and Registrars. Article 12 The Court acting on a proposal from the President shall adopt instructions to the Chief Registrar. Article 13 1. There shall be kept in the Registry, under the control of the Chief Registrar, a register initialed by the President, in which all pleadings and supporting documents shall be entered in the order in which they are lodged. 2. When a document has been registered, the Chief Registrar shall make a note to that effect on the original l and, if a party so requests, on any copy submitted for the purpose. 3. Entries in the register and the notes provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be authentic. 4. Rules for keeping the register shall be prescribed by the Instructions to the Chief Registrar referred to in Article 12 of these Rules. 5. Persons having an interest may consult the Chief Registrar at the Registry and may obtain copies or extracts on payment of a charge on a scale fixed by the Court on a proposal from the Chief Registrar. The parties to a case may on payment of the appropriate charge also obtain copies of pleadings and authenticated copies of judgments and orders.