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s 39

Discovery

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Part VMiscellaneous

39 Discovery

(1)

A penalty by way of fine or committal shall not be imposed in relation to a failure or refusal by a foreign State or by a person on behalf of a foreign State to disclose or produce a document or to furnish information for the purposes of a proceeding.

(2)

Such a failure or refusal is not of itself sufficient ground to strike out a pleading or part of a pleading.

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