Part 3Requests to New Zealand
Assistance in arranging service of process: Assistance in arranging service of process
52Undertaking required from foreign country
Where, pursuant to section 51, a foreign country requests the assistance of the Attorney-General in effecting the service, on any person, of a summons to appear as a witness in that foreign country, the Attorney-General shall, before authorising assistance in accordance with that section, obtain an undertaking from the foreign country that the person to whom the request relates will not be subject to any penalty or liability or otherwise prejudiced in law by reason only of that person’s refusal or failure to comply with the summons, notwithstanding any contrary statement in the summons.