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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
TITLE 3 - OF THE PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE
CHAPTER 2 - Means of Production
Section 1997.
Universal Citation: CA Civ Pro Code § 1997 (2019)
1997.
If the witness be imprisoned in a jail in the county where the action or proceeding is pending, his production may be required. In all other cases his examination, when allowed, must be taken upon deposition.
(Amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 802.)
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