420. The expert may examine any thing or visit any place which he considers useful for the carrying out of his duties.
He may summon witnesses by means of subpoenas issued by the clerk, administer the oath to them and hear their depositions which are taken down in writing and signed by the witness and countersigned by the expert, unless they have been taken down by a stenographer duly sworn. Mention must be made in the minutes of the relationship of the witnesses with the parties, and of the interest of each in the suit.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 420; 1992, c. 57, s. 420.