# The Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005, Article 140: Scope of this Section


(1) This Section of this Part provides—
(a) for the circumstances in which a person may be required to attend court to give evidence or to produce a document; and
(b) for a party to obtain evidence before a hearing to be used at the hearing.
(2) This Section, except for rule 149(2) to (4), does not apply to proceedings in a magistrates' court.
(Section 97 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 sets out the procedure for obtaining a witness summons in proceedings in a magistrates' court.)

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2795/article/140 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-140
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