EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 17

EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 17

17 .         Procedure on non-appearance of witness

        (1)         Every rule or order to show cause as aforesaid may —

            (a)         be made returnable before the court itself at the then sittings or at some future sitting; or

            (b)         in respect of the non-appearance of a witness at a Circuit Court or on the trial of a case pending in the Supreme Court, be made returnable in the Supreme Court.

        (2)         On the return of any such rule or order, the court may deal with the case as the Supreme Court might and would have done upon a rule to the like effect issued out of that court.

Privilege of witnesses