PART III. COURT SITTING, PROCEDURE OF HEARING, WITNESSES CHAPTER 1. COURT SITTING 66. Official Language of Courts:The official language of the Courts shall be English, but a Court may hear parties or witnesses who are ignorant of English in any other language through an interpreter on oath, subject to any law providing otherwise in respect of certain cases or certain localities. 67. Open Sessions:The Court sessions shall be open, but the Court may sit in camera where considerations of public policy or morality so demand. 68. Mode of Taking Evidence in Court:The statements of the witnesses and parties to the suit or any documents or pleadings presented by them shall be taken by the Court or a clerk appointed by the Court for this purpose and the record may be read over on application by any of the parties. 69. Adjournment and Extension of Time:The Court may, at any stage of the suit for sufficient cause and on such terms as to costs as it thinks fit:(a) from time to time, adjourn the hearing of the suit for short and reasonable periods; (b) either before or after the expiration of the time appointed by this Act or by an order of the Court for the doing of any act, extend the time for the doing of such act. 70. Keeping Order in Court:(1) The control and management of the sitting are committed to the President of the Court, and subject to the provisions of the Advocates Act 2003, the President of the Court may clear the Court of any person who contravenes the rules of the sitting or immediately sentence him to imprisonment for a period not exceeding seven days or fine not exceeding Ls.3 if he does not obey the order of the Court and the said sentence shall not be subject to appeal. (2) The Court before the end of the hearing may withdraw such sentence. 15