Rule 40. Grant of Time and Adjournment of Hearing

(1) The court may, if sufficient cause is shown, at any stage of the application, grant time to the parties or to any of them, and may, from time to time, adjourn the hearing of the application.

(2) In every such adjournment, the court shall fix a day not exceeding fifteen days from the date on which such adjournment is made for the further hearing of the application and may make such order as it thinks fit with respect to the cost occasioned by the adjournment :

Provided that when the hearing of the evidence has once begun, the hearing of the application shall continue from day to day until all the witnesses in attendance have been examined, unless the court finds the adjournment of the hearing beyond the following day to be necessary for reasons to be recorded.