Absence of Applicant

(1) If, on the date of the hearing of the application the respondent appears in court, but neither the applicant nor the person on whose behalf the application is made appears either in person or represented by his attorney-at-law, the Court may– (a) dismiss the application; (b) having received a reasonable excuse for the nonappearance of the applicant or other person, adjourn the hearing upon such terms as it deems just; or (c) where it is satisfied, having regard to the submissions before it, that it is appropriate for evidence to be given by affidavit, the Court may so direct, but the Court shall, on the application of any other party, order the attendance for cross examination of the person making any such affidavit. 27 (2) The respondent may at any time apply to the Court on the prescribed form, being Form 3 in Schedule II, for any Order or Interim Order to be varied or revoked by the Court. Schedule II.