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THE FIRST SCHEDULE · ORDER XVI A Attendance of witnesses confined or detained in prisons

Order XVIA Rule 3: Expenses to be paid into Court

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

(1) Before making any order under rule 2, the Court shall require the party at whose instance or for whose benefit the order is to be issued, to pay into Court such sum of money as appears to the Court to be sufficient to defray the expenses of the execution of the order, including the travelling and other expenses of the escort provided for the witness.

(2) Where the Court is subordinate to a High Court, regard shall be had, in fixing the scale of such expenses, to any rules made by the High Court in that behalf.

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