14. The examination must be held either at the court house or at some other place in the local municipal territory in which the sittings of the court are held.
Nevertheless, if the party or the witness resides at a distance of more than 160 km from the place where the sittings of the court are held, the court or the judge may allow that he be examined in the locality where he resides.
R. S. 1964, c. 22, s. 21; 1984, c. 47, s. 213; 1996, c. 2, s. 777.