generally or limited to certain classes of documents, as may, in its or his discretion, be
thought fit.
(5)
Discovery shall not be ordered when and so far as the Court or Judge in chambers is of the
opinion that it is not necessary either for disposing fairly or the action or for saving costs.
Process filed after close of pleadings.
9.
(1) any process to be filed after the close of pleadings shall be accompanied by copies of
documents referred to in the process.
(2)
Where a process filed is not accompanied by a document referred to therein, a judge may on
application strike out the process.
Verification of business books.
10. (1) where any document required to be attached to any process or produced under this or
any other rule is a business book, a Judge may upon application order a copy of any entry therein
to be furnished and verified in an affidavit. Such affidavit shall be made by a person who keeps the
book or under whose supervision the book is kept.
(2)
Notwithstanding that a copy has been supplied a Judge may order inspection of the book from
which the copy was made.
(3)
The Judge may upon application whether or not an affidavit has been ordered or filed, make
an order requiring any party to state by affidavit whether any particular document or any class
of documents is or has at any time been in his possession, custody, power or control, when he
parted with the same and what has become of it.
Committal of party after service on legal practitioner.
11.
An order for interrogatories or discovery or inspection made against any party if served on his
legal practitioner shall be sufficient service to found an application for committal of a party
for disobedience to the order.
Committal of legal practitioner.
12.
A legal practitioner upon whom an order against any party for interrogatories or discovery or
inspection is served under the last preceding rule, who neglects without reasonable excuse
to give notice thereof to his client, shall be liable to committal.
Using answers to interrogatories at trial.
13. Any party may at the trial of a cause or matter, use in evidence any one or more of the answers
or any part of an answer of the opposite party to interrogatories without putting in the others or the
whole of such answer: Provided that the judge may look at the whole of the answers and
order that any of them may be put in.
Discovery of documents in marine insurance policies.
14.
(1) where in any action arising on a marine insurance policy, an application for discovery of
documents is made by the insurer, the following provision shall apply
(a) On hearing of the application, the Court or judge in Chambers may, subject as provided in
sub-rule (2) of this rule, make any order in accordance with sub-rule 8 of this order;