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C-25 - Code of Civil Procedure

Section 284
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284. When a person who has been duly summoned and to whom travelling expenses and, if applicable, a loss of time indemnity and meal and overnight accommodation allowances have been advanced fails to appear, the judge, if he is of the opinion that his evidence may be useful, may issue a warrant for his arrest and order that he be imprisoned until he has given evidence, or that he be released on giving good and sufficient security that he will remain at the disposition of the court. The warrant for his arrest issued under this article may be executed by a bailiff.
Examination of a witness detained in custody must begin without undue delay.
The judge may, in addition, condemn the person so arrested to pay, in whole or in part, the costs caused by his default.
A defaulting witness who resides in the Province of Ontario can only be punished by the court within whose jurisdiction he resides, upon a certificate of the court attesting his default.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 284; 1972, c. 70, s. 14; 1977, c. 73, s. 11; 1990, c. 4, s. 223; 2002, c. 7, s. 71.
284. When a person who has been duly summoned and to whom travelling expenses have been advanced fails to appear, the judge, if he is of the opinion that his evidence may be useful, may issue a warrant for his arrest and order that he be imprisoned until he has given evidence, or that he be released on giving good and sufficient security that he will remain at the disposition of the court. The warrant for his arrest issued under this article may be executed by a bailiff.
Examination of a witness detained in custody must begin without undue delay and not later than the eighth day following his arrest.
The judge may, in addition, condemn the person so arrested to pay, in whole or in part, the costs caused by his default.
A defaulting witness who resides in the Province of Ontario can only be punished by the court within whose jurisdiction he resides, upon a certificate of the court attesting his default.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 284; 1972, c. 70, s. 14; 1977, c. 73, s. 11; 1990, c. 4, s. 223.
284. When a person who has been duly summoned and to whom travelling expenses have been advanced fails to appear, the judge, if he is of the opinion that his evidence may be useful, may issue a warrant for his arrest and order that he be imprisoned until he has given evidence, or that he be released on giving good and sufficient security that he will remain at the disposition of the court. The warrant for his arrest issued under this article may be executed by a bailiff.
The judge may, in addition, condemn the person so arrested to pay, in whole or in part, the costs caused by his default.
A defaulting witness who resides in the Province of Ontario can only be punished by the court within whose jurisdiction he resides, upon a certificate of the court attesting his default.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 284; 1972, c. 70, s. 14; 1977, c. 73, s. 11.
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