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### 556 Mode of trial
> [*\[Rule 556 Amended by S.R. 2012, No. 90, Applied:17 Oct 2012\]*](/view/html/inforce/2012-10-17/sr-2012-090#GS14@EN) Subject to the Act, the [Commercial Arbitration Act 2011](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2011-013) and [rule 557](#GS557@EN) , any action or other proceeding in which there is to be a trial of any question or issue of fact is to be tried by a judge without a jury, unless the Court or a judge orders that it be tried by a judge with a jury.