Singapore legislation
Regulation 42
Regulation 42
Procedure for taking evidence in Singapore at request of court in reciprocating country (P. 3, r. 42)
Subregulation 1
This Rule applies where a request under section 14 is made by or on behalf of a court in a reciprocating country for the taking in Singapore of the evidence of a person residing in Singapore.
Subregulation 2
The evidence of the person is to be taken in the same manner as if that person were a witness in a trial.
Subregulation 3
The court that takes the evidence of the person must certify the authenticity of the official record of the person’s evidence.
Subregulation 4
Where the official record of the person’s evidence is in writing, the person who gave the evidence must sign the official record.
Subregulation 5
Where the request under paragraph (1) includes a request that the evidence be taken in a particular manner, the Court by which the evidence is taken must, so far as circumstances permit, comply with that request.
Subregulation 6
The official record of the person’s evidence must be sent to the court in the reciprocating country by or on behalf of which the request was made.
Subregulation 7
In this Rule, “official record”, in relation to the evidence of a person, means —
where an audio recording system approved by the Registrar is used to record the person’s evidence — the audio recording; or
when an audio recording system is not used — the Court’s notes of proceedings, recorded in any manner that the Court may determine.