Civil Service Personnel Rules Rule 200

200. In a verbal hearing:
(a) the witnesses who can give evidence to support the charges shall be examined first and the findings are recorded as prescribed in Form (10). If there is some evidence against the service personnel who is taken action, he is allowed to cross examine the witnesses if he wishes to give an explanation;
(b) then, the service personnel who is taken action is explained the charges and interrogated about them;
(c) if the service personnel who is taken action wishes to be enquired as a witness himself he may be examined as a witness as prescribed in Form (11);
(d) the service personnel who is taken action is asked whether or not there are the witnesses he wants to produce and if so, the list of the names of the witnesses shall be asked for and the arrangement shall be done to be able to examine such witnesses;
(e) if the witnesses who have participated in the preliminary enquiry are needed to re-examine, they may be called upon and examined;
(f) the time shall be fixed for the service personnel who is taken action to make a list of the witnesses he wishes to produce. In receipt of the list, the date shall be fixed for necessary witnesses to be examined, and shall summon them to come to the place where the examination will be done;
(g) if it is not necessary or not appropriate to examine any one of the witnesses in the list produced by the service personnel who is taken action, or if it is assumed that a witness who is impossible to be examined is included in the list with the intention to delay the proceedings, the board may deny to hear such witness. The reasons for the denial shall be recorded in the case file;
(h) among the witnesses who are unable to come on the appointed date, another date shall be fixed for the examination of the major witnesses. If the statements of the witnesses already heard are sufficient, and such witnesses need not to be heard any more, they may be cancelled from the list of witnesses with a description of reasons for that;
(i) in the case where the allowance should be provided to the witnesses, it can be provided at the rate allowed by the court. If the accused service personnel submits a long list of witnesses, he may be asked to deposit the amount of allowance for those witnesses in advance or the witnesses who are not considered necessary may be refused;
(j) if a major witness is unable to come before the departmental enquiry board for a sufficient reason, either the departmental enquiry board or the service personnel who is taken action may send the questions they want to ask in writing and obtain the signed statement of the witness. The statement of the witness shall be read to the service personnel. If there are some evidence in the statement against the service personnel who is taken action and he wishes to ask cross questions, the reply to those questions by the witness may be obtained again in writing;
(k) in obtaining the statement of a witness, the witness is warned to tell only the truth, if he is not asked to take the oath;
(l) in recording the statement of the witnesses, name, position, the department or the office or organization and address shall be recorded if the witness is a service personnel and name, Citizenship Scrutiny Card number, father’s name, occupation and address shall be recorded if the witness is not a service personnel. The statement of the witnesses shall be recorded in writing or with a typewriter or a computer;
(m) the statement shall be read out to the witness. If there are some discrepancies, the statement shall be corrected in accordance with the desire of the witness. If the witness admits that the statement given by him is correct, the said witness is asked to sign on the statement. If the witness is unable to sign, the fingerprint of the left thumb shall be taken. The chairperson and the members of the board shall sign on the statement of every witness. In important cases, the fingerprint of the left thumb may also be taken in addition to the signature.