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Rule 204. Written Cross-Questions Oral Examination (1971)

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At any time before the expiration of ten days from the date of the service of the notice provided for in Rule 200, any party upon whom such notice is served may serve other parties with written questions to the witness; and the party proposing to take the deposition shall cause such written questions to be presented to the officer authorized to take the deposition and the answers of the witness to be taken thereto and returned as a part of the deposition.

Amended by order of July 21, 1970, eff. Jan. 1, 1971: The requirement that written interrogatories be filed with the clerk and the reference to the commission have been eliminated; the word "questions" has been substituted for "interrogatories"; and a provision has been added requiring the party proposing to take the deposition to cause written questions to be presented to the officer.