--(1) Subject to any directions contained in the order for examination, the examination must be conducted in the same way as if the witness were giving evidence at a trial.
--(2) If the parties are present, the examiner may, with the consent of the parties, conduct the examination of a person not named in the order for examination.
--(3) The examiner may conduct the examination in private if he considers it appropriate to do so.
--(4) The examiner must ensure that a full record is taken of the evidence given by the witness.
--(5) If any person being examined objects to answer any question put to him, the ground of the objection and the answer to any such question must be set out in the deposition or in a statement annexed to the deposition.
--(6) The examiner must state his opinion with regard to the ground of the objection but any decision on the validity of that ground must be made by the court.
--(7) The examiner must send a copy of the deposition to-
----(a) every party to the proceedings;
----(b) to the court office; and
----(c) to the deponent.
--(8) If the witness or any attorney-at-law present at the hearing is of the opinion that the deposition does not accurately represent the evidence he may endorse on the copy deposition the corrections which in his opinion should be made and file the copy deposition and serve a copy of it on all other parties.
Notes
Amended by Legal Notice 140 of 2000.
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