Cap. 12 ст. 594Notes of the evidence.

(1) The substance of the answers given by the witnesses shall be taken down. Every answer which may have a material bearing on the merits of the case shall be taken down word for word:

Provided that in the inferior courts, it shall be sufficient that notes of the evidence of the witnesses be taken down in brief.

(2) The notes of the evidence so taken down shall be read over to the witness, and, after being signed by the registrar, shall be filed in original in the record of the cause.

(3) The fact of the reading over of the notes of the evidence to the witness shall be recorded at the foot thereof before they are signed as aforesaid.

(4) The notes of the evidence shall be clearly and legibly typewritten or written in ink. Any alteration, correction or addition required to be made before or after the reading over of such notes to the witness, shall be made by means of a postil in the margin or at the foot of the notes, to be countersigned by the registrar, and any cancellation shall be made in such manner as to leave the words cancelled distinctly legible.

(5) The inclusion of the notes of the evidence in the record shall not operate so as to bar any witness heard before the court below from being recalled before the appellate court either by the parties or upon an order of the court ex officio.