Rule 15 Order XVI of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Duty of persons summoned give evidence or produce document"
Subject as last aforesaid, whoever is summoned to appear and give evidence in a suit shall attend at the time and place named in the summons for that purpose, and whoever is summoned to produce a document shall either attend to produce it, or cause it to be produced, at such time and place.
Rule 16 Order XVI of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "When they may depart"
(1) A person so summoned and attending shall, unless
the Court otherwise directs, attend at each hearing
until the suit has been disposed of.
(2) On the application of either party and the payment
through the Court of all necessary expenses (if any),
the. Court may require any person so summoned and
attending to furnish security to attend at the next or
any other hearing or until the suit is disposed of and,
in default of his furnishing such security, may order
him to be detained in the civil prison.
Rule 17 Order XVI of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Application of rule 10 to 13"
The provisions of rules 10 to 13 shall, so far as they are applicable, be deemed to apply to any person who having attended in compliance with a summons departs, without lawful excuse, in contravention of rule 16.
Rule 18 Order XVI of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Procedure
where witness apprehended cannot give evidence or produce
document"
Where any person arrested under a warrant is brought before
the Court in custody and cannot, owing to the absence of the
parties or any of them, give the evidence or produce the
document which he has been summoned to give or produce, the
Court may require him to give reasonable bail or other
security for his appearance at such time and place as it
thinks fit, and, on such bail or security being given, may
release him, and, in default of his giving such bail or
security, may order him to be detained in the civil prison.
Rule 19 Order XVI of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "No witness to be ordered to attend in person unless resident within certain limits"
No one shall be ordered to attend in person to give evidence
unless he resides-
(a) within the local limits of the Court's ordinary original
jurisdiction, or
(b) without such limits but at a place less than one hundred
or where there is railway or steamer communication or other.
established public conveyance for five-sixths of the
distance between the place where he resides and the place
where the Court is situate less than 81[five hundred
kilometers] distance from the court-house :
Provided that where transport by air is available between
the two places mentioned in this rule and the witness is
paid the fare by air, he may be ordered to attend in person.
Rule 20 Order XVI of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Consequence of refusal of party to give evidence when called on by Court"
Where any party to a suit present in Court refuses, without lawful excuse, when required by the Court, to give evidence or to produce any document then and there in his possession or power, the Court may pronounce judgment against him or make such order in relation to the suit as it thinks fit.
Rule 21 Order XVI of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Rules as to witnesses to apply to parties summoned"
Where any party to a suit is required to give evidence or to produce a document, the provisions as to witnesses shall apply to him so far as they are applicable.