30.2. The special clerk may decide(1) every application the sole object of which is the recovery of the rent or the resiliation of the lease on the ground that the lessee has delayed payment of the rent for more than three weeks, or both the recovery of the rent and the resiliation of the lease on such ground if, at the time fixed for the hearing, one of the parties is absent even though he has been duly notified, or if the parties agree to it;
(2) the authorization to deposit the rent under article 1907 of the Civil Code;
(3) every application the object of which is the fixing of the rent or the changing of the term or of a condition of the lease pursuant to article 1947 of the Civil Code;
(4) every application for ratification of an agreement in accordance with section 31.05;
(5) every other application, except applications referred to in Division II of this chapter, if, at the time fixed for the hearing, one of the parties is absent even though he has been duly notified, or if the parties agree to it.
For that purpose, the special clerk is deemed to be a Tribunal member and has all the powers, duties and immunities of the latter, except the power to impose imprisonment.
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