Paragraph 22 Summonses to witnesses and orders to forward documents

A summons for any person to attend to give evidence and to produce documents at an oral hearing shall be in Form B and an order to forward documents shall be in Form C, with such variations as circumstances may require.

Where an applicant or the Legal Officer desires a summons or order to issue, the Registrar may issue the same and, in the case of a summons in Form B, shall specify therein a sum to be tendered to the person to be summoned to attend which shall be reasonably sufficient to cover his expenses in travelling to and from the place of hearing.

An applicant or the Legal Officer, as the case may be, shall serve with the summons an undertaking in Form D to pay to the person summoned to attend compensation for loss of time and any additional expenses which may be certified by the Registrar to have been reasonably incurred.

Each summons or order shall contain the name of one person only and shall be served personally a reasonable time before the date fixed for hearing.

No summons or order issued pursuant to this rule shall be valid unless it is served upon the person named therein within 12 weeks from the date of signature by the Registrar and unless the conditions therein with regard to compensation for loss of time and expenses are complied with.

A person served with a summons to attend to give evidence may apply to the Commission to set aside the same whereupon the Registrar shall send notice of the application to set aside the summons to the person at whose instance it was issued, and after taking into account the representations of both parties the Commission shall direct that the summons be confirmed or order that it be set aside.