Industrial Property Regulations, 2002 statutory declaration or affidavit replying to the applicant’s statutory declaration or affidavit. (11) A statutory declaration or affidavit replying to the applicant’s statutory declaration or affidavit shall be confined to matters strictly in reply. (12) If the applicant fails to provide a counterstatement under paragraph (5) or a statutory declaration or affidavit under paragraph (9), the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. (13) If the person opposing the application fails to provide a statutory declaration or affidavit under paragraph (8), the opposition to the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. (14) After all documents have been provided the Managing Director shall conduct a hearing of the matter. (15) The Managing Director shall give at least 14 days notice of the hearing to each party. (16) A party may be heard at the hearing only if the party provides the Managing Director with a notice in Form IP 29 at least seven days before the date of the hearing. (17) At the hearing no evidence other than the evidence provided by statutory declaration or affidavit may be introduced without the leave of the Managing Director. (18) The Managing Director shall give each party a written notice of his decision together with written reasons. 37