Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 568

568. (1) Witnesses shall be summoned to appear by means of a subpoena to be issued on the application of the party intereste d. When adjournment may be granted for production of witness. (2) No adjournment of a cause shall be granted for the purpose of enabling the parties to summon witnesses, or on the ground o f the non-attendance of any w itnesses summoned, unless - (a) the necessity for the production of the witness arises during the hearing of the cause; or CODE OF ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL PROCEDURE [CAP. 12. 167 (b) the application for the summoning of the witness has been made in time to allow an interval sufficient for the service of the subpoena on the witness and for the lapse of the term before the expiration of which the witness, according to the pro visions of article 572, is not bound to attend; or (c) by a note, the opposite party gives his consent, in the manner provided in article 150(1)( c). Subpoena ad testificandum. Amended by: XV .1913.113; XV .1983.9.