{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:128","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Expenses of Witness","number":"128","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/128/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — SERVICE, PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE","title":"TITLE I — SERVICE","chapter":"Chapter 2. — Issue and Service of Summons on Witness"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"The party applying for a witness summons may, before the witness summons is granted, and within a period of time to be fixed, have to pay into court such a sum of money as appears to the court to be sufficient to defray the travelling and other expenses of the witness for attendance at court.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/128/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":87,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/87/?article=128&paragraph=p1#article-128-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"In determining the amount payable under sub-Article (1), the court may, in the case of any person summoned to give evidence as an expert, allow reasonable remuneration for the time occupied both in giving evidence and in performing any work necessary for the case.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/128/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":87,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/87/?article=128&paragraph=p2#article-128-p2"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"The sum so paid into court shall be tendered to the witness at such time, in such manner and in such amount as the court shall direct.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/128/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":87,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/87/?article=128&paragraph=p3#article-128-p3"}]}],"caution":"This is the English-language edition published in 2015 and attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Refworld labels it an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force."}