100. The Court must allow the parties to be heard before rendering any decision on an appeal, and for such purpose give them, in the manner it deems proper, five clear days’ notice of the date and hour when and place where they may be heard.
If a party so convened fails to appear or refuses to be heard at the sitting held for such purpose, or at any adjournment of such sitting, the Court may nevertheless proceed with the hearing of the matter and no judicial recourse shall be based on the fact that it so proceeded in the absence of such party.