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Section 10

Procedure where witness fails to comply with summons.

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10. Procedure where witness fails to comply with summons. If witness appears, attachment may be withdrawn. Procedure if witness fails to appear. Mode of attachment. Court may of its own accord summon as witnesses strangers to suit. Duty of persons summoned to give evidence or produce document. When they may depart. Application of rules 10 to 13. Procedure where witness apprehended cannot give evidence or produce document. No witness to be ordered to attend in person unless resident within certain limits.