Singapore legislation
Section 30
Section 30
Witnesses may be summoned by subpoena
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(1)
Any party to an arbitration agreement may take out a subpoena to testify or a subpoena to produce documents.
Amended by42/2005
(2)
The Court may order that a subpoena to testify or a subpoena to produce documents be issued to compel the attendance before an arbitral tribunal of a witness wherever the witness may be within Singapore.
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(3)
The Court may also issue an order under section 38 of the Prisons Act 1933 to bring up a prisoner for examination before an arbitral tribunal.
(4)
A person must not be compelled under any such subpoena to produce any document which the person could not be compelled to produce on the trial of an action.
Amended by42/2005