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Common Law Procedure Act 1854
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XLVIIIExamination of Person who refuses to make an Affidavit.
Any Party to any Civil Action or other Civil Proceeding in any of the Superior Courts, requiring the Affidavit of a Person who refuses to make an Affidavit, may apply by Summons for an Order to such Person to appear and be examined upon Oath before a Judge or Master, to whom it may be most convenient to refer such Examination, as to the Matters concerning which he has refused to make an Affidavit; and a Judge may, if he think fit, make such Order for the Attendance of such Person before the Person therein appointed to take such Examination, for the Purpose of being examined as aforesaid, and for the Production of any Writings or Documents to be mentioned in such Order, and may therein impose such Terms as to such Examination, and the Costs of the Application and Proceedings thereon, as he shall think just.
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