(1)

On the day fixed, or any other day to which the hearing may be adjourned, the Authority shall hear the applicant or his authorized representative in cases where it is proposed to reject the application or the applicant seeks / has sought an opportunity of being heard. The Authority may also bear the Commissioner or his authorised representative as well as if it considers it necessary before pronouncing its advance ruling.

(2)

In appropriate cases the Authority may call upon any person to supply such material, as it may consider necessary to assist the Authority in arriving at a decision.

(3)

The Authority may, on such conditions as the circumstances of the case may require, adjourn the hearing of the application.