The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1984

Order for examination

4.  Order 39, rule 1 shall be amended by substituting a comma for the full stop at the end of paragraph (2) and by adding thereafter the words “and may contain an order for the production of any document which appears to the Court to be necessary for the purposes of the examination.”.

5.  Order 39 shall be further amended by inserting after rule 3 the following new rule:—

Examination otherwise than on oath

3A.  Notwithstanding the provisions of rule 1, where the person to be examined is out of the jurisdiction that person may be examined on oath or affirmation or otherwise in accordance with the procedure of the country in which the examination is to take place..

6.  For Form 35 in Appendix A there shall be substituted the following Form:—

No. 35Letter of request for examination of witness out of jurisdiction