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any County Court from the district and jurisdiction of the High Court, any winding-up business pending in the Court or district to which the Order relates shall become transferred to such Court as shall be mentioned for the purpose in the Order; and, thereupon, the rules as to transfer of proceedings shall apply to the transfer of such pending proceedings in all respects as if the proceedings has been transferred by order of a Court having power to transfer proceedings.
Witnesses and Depositions.
16. If the Court or the officer of the Court before whom any examination is under the Acts and these rules directed to be held shall in any case, and at any stage in the proceedings, be of opinion that it would be desirable that a person (other than the person before whom an examination is taken) should be appointed to take down the evidence of any person examined under the Acts and rules in shorthand or otherwise, it shall be competent for the Court or officer aforesaid to make such appointment: provided that where the application is made by the Official Receiver he shall nominate a person for the purpose, and the person so nominated shall be appointed, unless the Court or officer holding the examination shall otherwise order. Every person so appointed shall be paid a sum not exceeding one guinea a day, and where the Court appoints a shorthand writer a sum not exceeding 8d. per folio of 90 words for any transcript of the evidence that may be required, and such sums shall be paid by the party at whose instance the appointment was made, or out of the assets of the Company as may be directed by the Court.
17. If a person examined before a Registrar or other officer of the Court who has no power to commit for contempt of Court, refuses to answer to the satisfaction of the Registrar or officer any question which he may allow to be put, the Registrar or officer shall report such refusal to the Judge, and upon such report being made the person in default shall be in the same position and be dealt with in the same manner as if he had made default in answering before the Judge.
(2) The report shall be in writing, but without affidavit, and shall set forth the question put, and the answer (if any) given by the person examined.
(3) The Registrar or officer shall, before the conclusion of the examination at which the default in answering is made, name the time when and the place where the default will be reported to the Judge; and upon receiving the report the Judge may take such action thereon as he shall think fit. If the Judge is sitting at the time when the default in answering is made, such default may be reported immediately.