{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-custody-rules-2000/article-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-custody-rules-2000/article-21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2367",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval Custody Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-custody-rules-2000",
  "path": "article/21",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Witness summons",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 3 shall have effect with respect to summoning persons—\n(a) to give evidence, or\n(b) to produce any document or thing,\nfor the purposes of any proceedings to which these Rules apply.\n(2) A witness summons issued in accordance with Schedule 3 shall be served on the witness—\n(a) by delivering it to him;\n(b) by leaving it for him with a person at his usual place of abode;\n(c) by post in a letter addressed to him at his last known or usual place of abode;\n(d) where the witness is subject to military law, air force law or the Act, by serving it on his commanding officer.\n(3) Where a witness summons is served on a person’s commanding officer under paragraph (2)(d), he shall serve the witness summons on that person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2367/article/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:30:30.388911+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}