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Section 52 Powers of Court

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(1)

The High Court or the sheriff may, after considering the application and answers (if any), either grant the application with or without modification or refuse it.

(2)

On granting an application under this rule the High Court or the sheriff, as the case may be, shall—

(a)

allow interrogatories to be adjusted summarily;

(b)

pronounce a deliverance approving the terms—

(i)

of the letter of request to be sent;

(ii)

of the interrogatories and cross-interrogatories (if any) to be sent;

(c)

if English is not an official language of the body to whom the letter of request is addressed, specify a period within which a translation of the letter and of the interrogatories and cross-interrogatories and of any productions is to be lodged.