Discovery to identify a defendant
32.03 Discovery to identify a defendant
(1) Where an applicant, having made reasonable inquiries, is unable to ascertain the description of a person sufficiently for the purpose of commencing a proceeding in the Court against that person (in this rule called the person concerned) and it appears that a person has or is likely to have knowledge of facts, or has or is likely to have or has had or is likely to have had in his possession a document or thing, tending to assist in the ascertainment of the description, the Court may order that the person, and in the case of a corporation, the corporation by an appropriate officer, shall:
(a) attend before the Court to be orally examined in relation to the description of the person concerned; or
(b) make discovery to the applicant of all documents which are or have been in his or its possession relating to the description of the person concerned.
(2) Where the Court makes an order under subrule (1)(a), it may:
(a) order that the person or corporation against whom or which the order is made produce to the
Court on the examination any document or thing in his or its possession relating to the description of the person concerned; or
(b) direct that the examination be held before an Associate Judge.
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