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Civil Procedure Rules
2. Expenses of witnesses to be paid into court on applying for summons [Order 16, rule 2]
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
2. Expenses of witnesses to be paid into court on applying for summons [Order 16, rule 2]
(1)The party applying for a summons shall, before the summons is granted and within a period to be fixed, pay into court such sum of money as appears to the court to be sufficient to defray the traveling and other expenses of the persons summoned in passing to and from the court in which he is required to attend, and for one day’s attendance.(2)In determining the amount payable under this rule regard shall be had to such scale for expenses of witnesses as may from time to time be approved by the High Court, but the court may, in the case of any person summoned to give evidence as an expert, allow reasonable remuneration for the time occupied both in giving evidence and in performing any work of an expert character necessary for the case.