COUNTY COURT CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2008 (SR NO 148 OF 2008) - REG 42A.12 Return of document

COUNTY COURT CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2008 (SR NO 148 OF 2008) - REG 42A.12

r. 42A.12

    (1)     Subject to any order of the Court, the Registrar—

        (a)     may in his or her discretion return to the addressee any document produced to the Registrar in compliance with the subpoena;

        (b)     shall, upon returning the document, inform the addressee that the subpoena to produce remains in force until the trial or other determination of the proceeding; and

        (c)     may specify a date by which the document is to be produced again to the Registrar in compliance with the subpoena.

    (2)     Subject to paragraph (3), the Registrar shall not return any document under paragraph (1) until after the Registrar has given to the issuing party 14 days' notice in writing of his or her intention to do so.

    (3)     In an urgent case and at the request of—

        (a)     the addressee; or

        (b)     in the case of any hospital or medical file or record concerning the plaintiff or his or her condition, the plaintiff—

the Registrar may return a document under paragraph (1) without first giving notice under paragraph (2), but in such a case, after returning the document, the Registrar shall give notice to the issuing party that the document has been returned.