Section 44:
The day to be specified in the summons how to be fixed. Defendant to be ordered to produce necessary documents, and to bring witnesses willing to attend without process.
The day to
be specified in the summons shall be fixed with reference to the state of the file and the distance that the
defendant may be or be supposed to be at the time from the place where the Court is held, and the
summons shall order the defendant to producing document which he may have in his possession of which
the plaintiff demands inspection, or upon which the defendant may intend to rely in support of his
defence. It shall also enjoin him to bring with him his witnesses if they are willing to attend without issue
of process; and shall be in the form (A) contained in the Schedule to this Act, or to the like effect.