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RULE
8
DEPOSITIONS
AND DISCOVERIES
Section 1. Deposition pending action.
By leave of the Hearing
Officer
after the Answer has been filed, the testimony of any person, whether a
party or not, may be taken, at the instance of any party, by deposition
upon written interrogatories. The attendance of witness the
attendance
of witness through a subpoena may be compelled Rule VI, Section
2(d).
Section
2. Effect of taking depositions. A party shall not
be
deemed
to make a person his own witness for any purpose by taking his
deposition.
Section
3.
Stipulations regarding taking of depositions. If the parties
so stipulate in writing, depositions may be taken before any person
authorized
to administer oaths, at anytime or place, in accordance with the Rules
of Court, and when so taken may be used like other depositions.
Section
4. Period within which to submit answers to written
interrogatories. Should a party request to take the
deposition of a
non-resident in
a foreign land, the answer to such written interrogatories must be
submitted
to the Hearing Officer handling the case within six (6) months from the
date of issuance of the Letters Commission, without extension.
Failure
to submit the same within the period shall result in the striking off
of
the said deposition and the affidavits of such deponent.
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