Rule 9 Order for detention, etc.

[^f1 The judge] may, upon the application of any party to an action or matter, make any order for the detention, preservation, inspection, surveying, measuring, weighing or analysing of any property, document or thing, being the subject of the action or matter or as to which any question may arise therein, and may authorise any person to enter upon or into any land or building in the possession of any party to the action or matter, and authorise any samples to be taken, or any observation, plan, photograph or model to be made, or copy of a document or experiment to be made, which may be necessary or expedient for the purpose of obtaining full information or evidence.

Where an order is made for inspecting, surveying, measuring, weighing or analysing any property or making any copy of experiment, or taking any sample, or making any plan, photograph or model, by any person named in the order, the order may authorise the [^f2 district judge] to examine upon oath and take the deposition of the person so named as to the result, accuracy or fairness of what he has done in pursuance of the order, and may also empower any party to give in evidence the deposition so taken.