Current through November, 2024
Section 6-23-12 - Depositions; person before whom taken, oath, examination, and cross-examination, record of examination, filing of deposition(a) The deposition shall be taken before an officer authorized to administer oaths.(b) The officer before whom the testimony is to be taken shall put the witness to oath. The adverse party shall have the right to cross-examine the witness. The questions propounded to the witness and the answers thereto shall be taken stenographically and transcribed.(c) All objections made at the time of the examination shall be noted by the officer upon the deposition. Evidence objected to shall be taken subject to the objection. The officer taking the deposition shall certify on the deposition that the witness was duly sworn and that the deposition is a true record of the testimony given by the witness and shall forward the deposition with two copies thereof in a sealed envelope, endorsed with the title of the proceeding, to the system at the system's office. [Eff 11/9/81; am and comp NOV 26 2009] (Auth: HRS §§ 88-28, 91-2) (Imp: HRS §§ 88-82, 91-2)