® SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPIIIENT COMMUNITY ARTICLE24 DECISIONS 1. Decisions of the Tribunal shall be in writing and delivered in open court and shall state the reasons on which they are based. 2. Decisions of the Tribunal shall be taken by a majority. 3. Decisions and rulings ofthe Tribunal shall be final and binding. ARTICLE25 DEFAULT DECISIONS 1. The Tribunal may give a decision in default. 2. Before giving such decision the Tribunal shall satisfy itself that it has jurisdiction over the dispute and that the claim is well-founded in fact and law. 3. A party against whom a default decision is made may apply to the Tribunal for the rescission of such decision. The applicant shall set out the grounds for such application. ARTICLE 26 APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF A DECISION An application for review of a decision may be made to the Tribunal if it is based upon the discovery of some fact which by its nature might have had a decisive influence on the decision if it had been known to the Tribunal at the time the decision was given, but which fact at the time was unknown to both the Tribunal and the party making the application; provided always that such ignorance was not due to negligence. ARTICLE 27 REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL 1. The States and the institutions of the Community shall be represented before the Tribunal by an agent appointed for each case. The agent may be assisted by an advisor. 2. Other parties shall be represented by an agent or other persons before a court of a State. 3. Such agents, advisers and representatives shall, when they appear before the Tribunal, enjoy the rights, privileges and immunities necessary for the independent exercise of their duties, under conditions laid down in the rules of procedure. -8 Protocol on Tribunal