(1) Except so far as provided by the Act, or elsewhere in this Order the procedure provided in the Civil Procedure' Code in regard to suits shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the Act, or any provisions of this Order and so far as it can be made applicable, be followed in the hearing of election petitions :
Provided that—
(a) any two or more elections petitions relating to the election of the. same person may be heard together ;
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(b) the tribunal shall not be required to record or have recorded the evidence in full but shall make a memorandum of the evidence sufficient in its opinion for the purpose of deciding the case ;
(c) the tribunal may, at any stage of the proceedings, require the petitioner to give further cash security for the payment of. the costs incurred or likely to be incurred by any respondent ;
(d) for the purpose of deciding any issue the tribunal shall be required to order production of or receive only so much evidence, oral or documentary, as it considers necessary ;
(e) no appeal or revision shall lie on a question of factor law against any decision of the tribunal ;
(f) the tribunal may review its decision on any point on application of any person considering himself aggrieved thereby, being made within fifteen days, from the date of the decision.
(2) The provision of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, shall be deemed to apply in all respects to the trial of an election petition.