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1979 No. 140 FEDERAL COURT RULES - RULE 24.2

Letter of request
2. (1) Upon the making of an order under paragraph 1 (b) for the sending of a
letter of request, the party obtaining the order shall-

   (a)  lodge with the Registrar-

        (i)    a form of the appropriate letter of request;

        (ii)   the interrogatories (if any) and cross-interrogatories (if any)
               to accompany the letters of request; and

        (iii)  where English is not an official language of the country to
               whose judicial authorities the letter of request is to be sent,
               a translation of each of the documents mentioned in
               sub-paragraph (i) and (ii) in an official language of that
               country appropriate to the place where the evidence is to be
               taken; and

   (b)  file-

        (i)    a copy of each of the documents mentioned in paragraph (a); and

        (ii)   an undertaking by the party obtaining the order or his
               solicitor to be responsible for all expenses incurred by the
               Court or by any person at the request of the Court in respect
               of the letter of request and, on being given notice of the
               amount of any such expenses, to pay the amount to the
               Registrar.

(2) A translation lodged under sub-paragraph (1) (a) (iii) must be certified
by the person making it to be a correct translation, and the certificate must
state his full name and address and his qualifications for making the
translation.



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