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Section 402
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402. If, after defence filed, it appears from the record that a document relating to the issues between the parties is in the possession of a third party, he may, upon summons authorized by the court, be ordered to give communication of it to the parties, unless he shows cause why he should not do so.
The court may also, at any time after defence filed, order a party or a third person having in his possession any real evidence relating to the issues between the parties to exhibit it, preserve it or submit it to an expert’s appraisal on such conditions, at such time and place and in such manner as it deems expedient.
402. If, after defence filed, it appears from the record that a document relating to the issues between the parties is in the possession of a third party, he may, upon summons authorized by the court, be ordered to give communication of it to the parties, unless he shows cause why he should not do so.
The court may also, at any time after defence filed, order a party or a third person having in his possession any object relating to the issues between the parties to exhibit it, preserve it or submit it to an expert’s appraisal on such conditions, at such time and place and in such manner as it deems expedient.
402. If, after defence filed, it appears from the record that a document relating to the issues between the parties is in the possession of a third party, he may, upon summons authorized by the court, be ordered to give communication of it to the parties, unless he shows cause why he should not do so.
The court may also, at any time after defence filed, order a party or a third person having in his possession any object relating to the issues between the parties to exhibit the same on such conditions, at such time and place and in such manner as it deems expedient.
