Paragraph 71.2 Order to attend court

(1)

A judgment creditor may apply for an order requiring—

(a)

a judgment debtor; or

(b)

if a judgment debtor is a company or other corporation, an officer of that body,

to attend court to provide information about—

(i)

the judgment debtor’s means; or

(ii)

any other matter about which information is needed to enforce a judgment or order.

(2)

An application under paragraph (1)—

(a)

may be made without notice; and

(b)

(i)

must be issued in the court which made the judgment or order which it is sought to enforce, except that

(ii)

if the proceedings have since been transferred to a different court, it must be issued in that court.

(3)

The application notice must—

(a)

be in the form; and

(b)

contain the information

required by the relevant practice direction.

(4)

An application under paragraph (1) may be dealt with by a court officer without a hearing.

(5)

If the application notice complies with paragraph (3), an order to attend court will be issued in the terms of paragraph (6).

(6)

A person served with an order issued under this rule must—

(a)

attend court at the time and place specified in the order;

(b)

when he does so, produce at court documents in his control which are described in the order; and

(c)

answer on oath such questions as the court may require.

(7)

An order under this rule will contain a notice in the following terms—

“You must obey this order. If you do not, you may be sent to prison for contempt of court.”.