In section 1 of the M1Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972 (which makes provision in relation to the powers of the court to order inspectincon of documents and other property), after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(1A)Without prejudice to the existing powers of the Court of Session and of the sheriff court, those courts shall have power, subject to subsection (4) of this section, to order any person to disclose such information as he has as to the identity of any persons who appear to the court to be persons who—
(a)might be witnesses in any existing civil proceedings before that court or in civil proceedings which are likely to be brought; or
(b)might be defenders in any civil proceedings which appear to the court to be likely to be brought.”.
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