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Arbitrations.
Power for Arbitrators, &c. to summon Witnesses.
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26. Where any Matter in difference, whether being the Subject of a pending Suit in any Court or not, or any Issue in any such Suit, is referred to Arbitration under Section Ninety-four of the said Act of the Tenth Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, or under Section Five of the said Act of the Session of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of Her Majesty’s Reign, or under such Sections or either of them as applied by this Act, the Arbitrators or Umpire may, on the Application of either Party, by Summons require any Person to attend before them or him to be examined as a Witness, or to bring before them or him any Books, Papers, Maps, Plans, and Writings in his Possession or Control relating to the Subject of the Reference; and every Person so summoned shall be bound to obey the Summons on a reasonable Sum being paid or tendered to him for his Expenses.
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