Evidence on Commission Act, 1831

Judges to enforce the Attendance of Witnesses.

II. And be it further enacted, When any Writ or Commission shall issue under the Authority of the said recited Act, or of the Power herein-before given by this Act, the Judge or Judges to whom the same shall be directed shall have the like Power to compel and enforce the Attendance and Examination of Witnesses as the Court whereof they are Judges does or may possess for that Purpose in Suits or Causes depending in such Court.