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Hearings before the court shall be reported or preserved on such devices as may be appropriate. It is the responsibility of the court to see to it t"hat the record so made (i) is sufficiently clear to permit full transcription, (ii) truly discloses what occurred in the court, and (iii) that a log is kept with particularity and with such references to the record made on other devices as will enable the record to be reviewed and transcribed as occasion aris"es. A transcript of a hearing shall be made if in the opinion of the court a permanent record of the hearing is deemed necessary. Upon request or order, transcripts shall be supplied, at the requester's expense, to the parties and to the public by the official reporter at rates fixed by Hawai'i Revised Statutes, Section 606-13 and Rule 19 of the Rules Governing Court Reporting in the State o"f Hawai'i.
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