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(1) The procedure of the Subordinate District Customary Court and the District Customary Court in Criminals Cases shall be in the spirit of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as far as possible consistent with the Rules. (2) The District Customary Court and the Subordinate District Customary Court in deciding civil suits and cases shall follow the customs and usages applicable to such suits and cases and shall adjudicate all such suits and cases according to justice, equity, good conscience and the customs and usages applicable. (3) The District Customary Court and the Subordinate District Customary Court shall follow in matters of procedure the spirit of the Code of Civil Procedure in matters not covered by customs and usages followed in the district. (4) It shall be discretionary for the District Customary Court and the Subordinate District Customary Court to examine witnesses on oath in any form, or to warn them that they liable to the punishment for perjury, if they state that which they know to be false. (5) Summons of any person residing outside the District or the State of Nagaland or on any person not belonging to any scheduled tribe shall be issued through the Deputy Commissioner of the District. (6) The proceedings including examination of witness in the District Customary Court and the Subordinate District Customary Court shall be generally in English.