# The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1992, Article 6: Cross examination on assets disclosure affidavit


After Order 29, rule 1, there shall be inserted the following new rule—
“Cross-examination on assets disclosure affidavit
1A (1) Where—
(a) the Court has made an order restraining any party from removing from the jurisdiction of the High Court, or otherwise dealing with, any assets,
(b) that party has in compliance with the order, or any order made in connection with it, filed affidavit evidence as to his or any other assets, and
(c) the Court has ordered that that party shall be cross-examined on his affidavit, otherwise than before a judge, in which case the cross-examination shall take place before a master or, if a master so orders, before an examiner of the Court.
(2) The following provisions of Order 68 shall apply to across-examination of a kind referred to in paragraph (1)(c) as if it were a trial with witnesses in the Queen’s Bench or Chancery Division and as if the person presiding were the judge—
(a) rule 1(1) (except the words “unless the judge otherwise directs”); and
(b) rules 2(2) and (3) and 8.
(3) A cross-examination of a kind referred to in paragraph (1)(c) shall take place in chambers and no transcript or other record of it may be used by any person other than the party being cross-examined for any purpose other than the purpose of the proceedings in which the order for the cross-examination was made, unless and to the extent that that party consents or the Court gives leave.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/638/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-1992/article-6
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