690
Schedule: Form No. 22.
Discovery of specific documents.
O. 31 r. 19A,
Production of documents. Ib. r. 14.
Inspection of document referred to in pleadings, etc. Ib. r. 15.
Time and place for inspection when notice for inspection given. 16. 1. 17.4 of
No. 3.]
has been made shall specify which, if any, of the documents there mentioned he objects to produce and on what grounds.
THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901
197.-(1.) The Court may, on the application of any party to a cause or matter, at any time, and whether an affidavit of documents has or has not already been ordered or made, make an order requiring the other party to state by affidavit whether any one or more specific documents, to be specified in the application, is or are or has or have at any time been in his possession or power; and, if not then in his possession, when he parted with the same and what has become thereof.
(2.) Such application shall be made on an affidavit stating that, the belief of the deponent, the party against whom the application is made has, or has at some time had, in his possession or power, the document or documents specified in the application, and that it or they relate or relate to the matters in question in the cause or matter or to some of them.
198. It shall be lawful for the Court, at any time during the pendency of any cause or matter, to order the production by any party thereto, upon oath, of such of the documents in his possession or power, relating to any matter in question in such cause or matter, as the Court may think right; and the Court may deal with such documents, when produced, in such manner as may appear just.
Inspection.
199.-(1.) Every party to a cause or matter shall be entitled, at any time, by notice in writing, to give notice to any other party, in whose pleadings, particulars, or affidavits reference is made to any document, to produce such document for the inspection of the party giving such notice or of his solicitor, and to permit him or his solicitor to take copies thereof.
(2.) Any party who does not comply with such notice shall not afterwards be at liberty to put any such document in evidence on his behalf in such cause or matter, unless he satisfies the Court that such document relates only to his own title, he being a defendant in the cause or matter, or that he had some other cause or excuse which the Court may deem sufficient for not complying with such notice; in which case the Court may allow the same to be put in evidence, on such terms as to costs and otherwise as the Court may think fit.
200. The party to whom such notice is given shall, within two days from the receipt of such notice, if all the documents therein referred to have been set forth by him in an affidavit for the discovery of documents, or, if any of the documents referred to in such notice have not been
690
Schedule: Form No. 22.
Discovery of specific docu- ments.
0. 31 r. 19A,
Production of documents. Ib. r. 14.
Inspection of document referred to in
pleadings, etc.
Ib. r. 15.
Time and place for inspection
when notice for insper-
tion given. 16. 1. 17.4
of
No. 3.]
has been made shall specify which, if any, of the documents there mentioned he objects to produce and on what grounds.
THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901
197.-(1.) The Court may, on the application of any party to a caus or matter, at any time, and whether an affidavit of documents has has not already been ordered or made, make an order requiring other party to state by affidavit whether any one or more specific doon- ments, to be specified in the application, is or are or has or have at an time been in his possession or power; and, if not then in his possession when he parted with the same and what has become thereof.
(2.) Such application shall be made on an affidavit stating that, the belief of the deponent, the party against whom the application made has, or has at some time had, in his possession or power, the doo ment or documents specified in the application, and that it or relates or relate to the matters in question in the cause or matter or to some of them.
198. It shall be lawful for the Court, at any time during the pend ency of any cause or matter, to order the production by any part thereto, upon oath, of such of the documents in his possession or power, relating to any matter in question in such cause or matter, as the Court may think right; and the Court may deal with such documents, when produced, in such manner as may appear just.
Inspection.
.
199.-(1.) Every party to a cause or matter shall be entitled, at an time, by notice in writing, to give notice to any other party, in whose pleadings, particulars, or affidavits reference is made to any document to produce such document for the inspection of the party giving such notice or of his solicitor, and to permit him or his solicitor to take copies thereof.
(2.) Any party who does not comply with such notice shall not after- wards be at liberty to put any such document in evidence on his behalf in such cause or matter, unless he satisfies the Court that such documen relates only to his own title, he being a defendant in the cause or matter or that he had some other cause or excuse which the Court may deem sufficient for not complying with such notice; in which case the Court may allow the same to be put in evidence, on such terms as to costs and otherwise as the Court may think fit.
200. The party to whom such notice is given shall, within two day from the receipt of such notice, if all the documents therein referred have been set forth by him in an affidavit for the discovery of document or, if any of the documents referred to in such notice have not been
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