Chapter VIII - RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY (From Section 111 to Section 124)
Power to summon witnesses allows compelled attendance and examination when evidence is essential to a just decision. The provision authorises a court at any stage of an inquiry, trial or proceeding to summon any person as a witness, examine persons in attendance though not summoned, and re-call or re-examine persons already examined; and it requires the court to summon and examine or re-call and re-examine any person whose evidence appears essential to a just decision of the case.
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Power to summon witnesses allows compelled attendance and examination when evidence is essential to a just decision.
The provision authorises a court at any stage of an inquiry, trial or proceeding to summon any person as a witness, examine persons in attendance though not summoned, and re-call or re-examine persons already examined; and it requires the court to summon and examine or re-call and re-examine any person whose evidence appears essential to a just decision of the case.
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