(1) On the day so fixed or as soon thereafter as may be convenient, the court shall examine the witnesses (if any) produced by either party, and may examine the applicant or his agent, and shall make a memorandum of the substance of their evidence.
(2) The court shall also hear any argument which the parties may desire to offer on the question whether, on the face of the application and of the evidence (if any) taken by the court as herein provided, the applicant is or is not subject to any of the prohibitions specified in rule 5.
(3) The court shall then either allow or refuse to allow the applicant to sue as a pauper.
(2) The court shall also hear any argument which the parties may desire to offer on the question whether, on the face of the application and of the evidence (if any) taken by the court as herein provided, the applicant is or is not subject to any of the prohibitions specified in rule 5.
(3) The court shall then either allow or refuse to allow the applicant to sue as a pauper.
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