NORTH ATLANTIC FISHERIES DISPUTE 15 



ARTICLE 6 



The pleadings shall be communicated in the order and within the 

 time following : 



As soon as may be, and within a period not exceeding seven months 

 from the date of the exchange of notes making this agreement binding, 

 the printed Case of each of the parties hereto, accompanied by printed 

 copies of the documents, the official correspondence, and all other evid- 

 ence on which each party relies, shall be delivered in duplicate (with 

 such additional copies as may be agreed upon) to the agent of the other 

 party. It shall be sufficient for this purpose if such Case is delivered at 

 the British Embassy at Washington or at the American Embassy at Lon- 

 don, as the case may be, for transmission to the agent for its Government. 



Within fifteen days thereafter such printed Case and accompanying 

 evidence of each of the parties shall be delivered in duplicate to each 

 member of the tribunal, and such delivery may be made by depositing 

 within the stated period the necessary number of copies with the Inter- 

 national Bureau at The Hague for transmission to the arbitrators. 



After the delivery on both sides of such printed Case, either party 

 may, in like manner, and within four months after the expiration of the 

 period above fixed for the delivery to the agents of the Case, deliver to 

 the agent of the other party (with such additional copies as may be 

 agreed upon), a printed Counter-Case accompanied by printed copies of 

 additional documents, correspondence, and other evidence in reply to 

 the case, documents, correspondence, and other evidence so presented by 

 the other party, and within fifteen days thereafter such party shall, in 

 like manner as above provided, deliver in duplicate such Counter-Case 

 and accompanying evidence to each of the arbitrators. 



The foregoing provisions shall not prevent the tribunal from per- 

 mitting either party to rely at the hearing upon documentary or other 

 evidence which is shown to have become open to its investigation or ex- 

 amination or available for use too late to be submitted within the period 

 hereinabove fixed for the delivery of copies of evidence, but in ease any 

 such evidence is to be presented, printed copies of it, as soon aa possible 

 after it is secured, must be delivered, in like manner as provided for the 

 delivery of copies of other evidence, to each of the arbitrators and to the 

 agent of the other party. The admission of any such additional evidence, 

 however, shall be subject to such conditions as the tribunal may impose, 

 and the other party shall have a reasonable opportunity to offer addit- 

 ional evidence in rebuttal. 



The tribunal shall take into consideration aU evidence which is offer- 

 ed by either party. 



