Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 610

610. (1) The provisions of article 606 shall, independently of the reasons mentioned in that ar ticle, apply also in any case i n which, in an action before the C ivil Court, First Hall, a deman d to that effect is made, by means of a note, by all parties to the action, and also in the case wher e the court so orders. (2) I n any such ca se, the pr ovisions of the last par t of article 606(1) shall not apply; but the answers given by the witnesses shall be taken down in the manner provided in article 594(1), and the deposition shall be signed or marked by the witness and countersigned by the judicial assistant who shall transmit it t o the registrar. Witnesses or questions objected to. (3) If any question shall arise before a judicial assistant as t o the competency or relevancy of a witness, or as to the admissib ility or relevancy of any question put to a witness, the judicial ass istant shall decide the question and record his decision, saving the r ight of the party aggrieved, in the case of rejection of the witness or question, to apply to the court. (4) All other provisions of this Code relating to the examination of witnesses before the court shall apply to any examination under this article, in so far as they are applicabl e. Re-examination of witness in court. (5) Nothing in this article contained shall prevent the court from ordering, either of its own motion or upon the demand of a ny of the parties, where necessary, that a witness examined under the provisions of this article be r ecalled and re-examined before i t. CODE OF ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL PROCEDURE [CAP. 12. 175 Examination of witness about to leave Malta, etc., whose evidence is required before inferior courts. Amended by: X.1856.12; XV .1913.125,126 XXIX.1939.3; L.N. 4 of 1963; L.N. 46 of 1965; XXXI.1966.2; LVIII.1974.68; VIII.1990.3; XXIV .1995.227; XXV .2019.22.