### 29C Procedure at hearing > [*\[Section 29C of Part 2 Inserted by No. 31 of 1998, s. 45, Applied:28 Jul 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-07-28/act-1998-031#GS45@EN) > > > (1) Subject to [subsection (3)](#GS29C@Gs3@EN) , a hearing referred to in [section 29B](#GS29B@EN) is to be held in public. > > > (2) [*\[Section 29C Subsection (2) amended by No. 38 of 2023, s. 57, Applied:01 Jul 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-07-01/act-2023-038#GS57@EN) The Tasmanian Augmented Electoral Commission is not bound by the rules of evidence and may regulate the conduct of proceedings at a hearing as it thinks fit. > > > (3) [Subsections (6)](#GS20@Gs6@EN) , [(7)](#GS20@Gs7@EN) , [(8)](#GS20@Gs8@EN) and [(9)](#GS20@Gs9@EN) of [section 20](#GS20@EN) apply to a hearing conducted under [section 29B](#GS29B@EN) as if it were an inquiry held under [section 20](#GS20@EN) .

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