1.Litigants shall be summoned and called by the bailiff as on the date specified for the hearing of the case. 2.The Plaintiff shall have the right to speak first in the case, unless the Defendant admits the facts described in the statement of claim but alleges the existence of other legal reasons or further merits which will defend against the claim of the Plaintiff, and in such instance, the right to speak first shall be granted to the Defendant. 3.A litigant, which has the right to speak first in the case, may furnish its claim and submit its own statements for substantiation, and the adverse party shall, thereafter, have the right to furnish its defense and to submit its own statements for substantiation. 4.The litigant, which speaks first in the case, may furnish its evidence so as to refute the adverse party's evidence. 5.The court shall hear the verbal pleadings of litigants at their request and shall determine the duration of the same, while the Defendant shall be the last party to speak. 6.The court may examine the litigants and hear the statements of any witnesses as deemed necessary.
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