Notice to witness
23 Notice to witness
The registrar may, by written notice given to a person, require the person to attend the inquiry at a specified time and place as a witness to give evidence or produce specified documents or things.
Without limiting subsection (1), any of the following persons may be required to attend the inquiry—
a person who may have helped another person act fraudulently or wrongfully in a way mentioned in section 19(b);
a person who is a party to a transaction that may have resulted in a fraud affecting the land registry;
a person who may have contributed directly or indirectly to a fraud affecting the land registry.
A person required to appear as a witness before the inquiry is entitled to the reasonable witness fees decided by the registrar.
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