If, within the time limit fixed by the tribunal, the respondent has failed to communicate his statement of defence without showing sufficient cause for such failure, the tribunal shall, after allowing for the particular constraints applying to the respondent, order that the proceedings continue and may make an award even if a defence has by then not been submitted.
Če v roku, ki ga določi razsodišče, tožena stranka ne sporoči svojega odgovora na tožbeni zahtevek brez opravičljivega razloga za takšno zamudo, razsodišče, potem ko upošteva strankine morebitne omejitve, odredi, da se postopki nadaljujejo in lahko izda odločbo, četudi do takrat zagovor ni predložen.