ORDER 32 : SUMMONING WITNESSES

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1.  Any party in a cause or matter who desires the issue of a summons requiring any witness or person to attend for examination, or to produce any document, shall deposit a written application for the issue thereof with the Registrar giving the full name and address of such witness or person, and if the application for the issue thereof is made ten days before the day on which such person is required to attend, such summons shall, subject to Rule 2 of this Order, be issued without further proceedings, but if the application be deposited at any later time, such summons shall not be issued without the leave of the Court or a Judge.

2. Any Judge or Registrar may where he shall think fit require that, before any summons is issued under the last preceding Rule, the person applying for the issue thereof shall pay into Court such sum as, in the opinion of the Judge or Registrar, is sufficient to satisfy any expenses which may be reasonably incurred by the witness or person to be served with the summons in obeying the same.

[Δ.Κ. 12.2.1988] [Δ.Κ. 12.3.1993] 2(α).  Χωρίς επηρεασμό της γενικότητας αυτού του Κανόνα, πρόσωπο που ζητά έκδοση κλήσεως [Added by: Δ.Κ. 12.3.1993:] δημόσιου ή δημοτικού υπαλλήλου θα καταθέτει στο Δικαστήριο ποσό ανάλογο για την απώλεια χρόνου του μάρτυρα, αφού πρώτα παρουσιάσει στον Πρωτοκολλητή τις αναγκαίες λεπτομέρειες των επίσημων απολαβών του μάρτυρα.

3. Any person, whether a party or not, may be summoned to produce a document without being summoned to give evidence.

4. Any person summoned merely to produce a document shall be deemed to have complied with the summons if he causes the document to be produced, instead of attending personally to produce it.

5. A summons to a person to attend and give evidence or to produce any document may be in Form 27, and shall be served not less than four days before the day on which such person is required to attend,