That did not apply to summary procedure cases.[68] The ad hoc judge, selected by the member state, was expected to fulfil all the requirements of a normal judge; the President of the Court had ultimate discretion over whether to authorise him to sit.[69] The Court was mandated to open on 15 June each year and continue until all cases were finished, with extraordinary sessions if required; by 1927, there were more extraordinary sessions than ordinary ones.[70] The Court's business being conducted in English and French as official languages, and hearings were public unless it was otherwise specified.[71]