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Rule 7.41 Costs and expenses of witnessesF1

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

  • rule 4.54(5-CVL) substituted for rule 4.54(5) by Insolvency 2010 Sch. 1 para. 179(5)
(1)

Except as directed by the court, no allowance as a witness in any examination or other proceedings before the court shall be made to the bankrupt or an officer of the insolvent company to which the proceedings relate.

(2)

A person presenting any petition in insolvency proceedings shall not be regarded as a witness on the hearing of the petition, but the costs officer may allow his expenses of travelling and subsistence.

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Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 7 Ch. 6 substituted (26.4.1999) by The Insolvency (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 1999 (S.I. 1999/1022), rule 1, Sch. para. 3