Order 28, rule 15 of Civil Procedure Rules : Attendance and examination of witnesses before commissioner
(1) The provisions of the Act and these Rules relating to the summoning, attendance and examination of witnesses, and to the remuneration of, and penalties to be imposed upon witnesses, shall apply to persons required to give evidence or to produce documents under this Order, and for the purposes of this rule any person appointed under this Order shall be deemed to be a judge.
(2) A commissioner appointed under the Act may apply to the court which has appointed him for the issue of any process which he may find it necessary to issue to or against any witness who resides within the local limits of the jurisdiction of such court, and such court may in its discretion issue such process as it considers reasonable and proper.
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