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Hearing of Applications

10. A jury referred to in subsection 672(2) of the Criminal Code shall be empanel led in accordance with Part XVII of that Code with such modifications as the circumstances require.
 
11. No person other than the applicant and the Attorney General may present evidence at the hearing of an application.
 
12. At the hearing of an application, the applicant shall present evidence first and may, if the judge so permits, present rebuttal evidence after the evidence of the Attorney General is presented.
 
13. (1) A duly certified transcript of the proceedings at the trial and sentencing of the applicant shall be admissible in evidence at the hearing of an application.
    (2) At the hearing of an application, the judge shall rule on the admissibility of any evidence.
 
14. Where, at any time before or after the commencement of the hearing of an application, the judge determines that subsection 672(1) of the Criminal Code does not apply to the applicant, the judge shall dismiss the application and discharge the jury.
 
15. After the evidence is presented at the hearing of an application, the applicant, followed by the Attorney General, shall address the jury.
 
16. The judge, at the hearing of an application, shall address the jury after the address to the jury, if any, by the applicant and the Attorney General.
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