Article 21 Witness summons

(1)

Schedule 3 shall have effect with respect to summoning persons—

(a)

to give evidence, or

(b)

to produce any document or thing,

for the purposes of any proceedings to which these Rules apply.

(2)

A witness summons issued in accordance with Schedule 3 shall be served on the witness—

(a)

by delivering it to him;

(b)

by leaving it for him with a person at his usual place of abode;

(c)

by post in a letter addressed to him at his last known or usual place of abode;

(d)

where the witness is subject to military law, air force law or the Naval Discipline Act 1957^f1, by serving it on his commanding officer.

(3)

Where a witness summons is served on a person’s commanding officer under paragraph (2)(d), he shall serve the witness summons on that person.

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