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The Judge may, iri order to discover or to pow~r.toput obtain pro.~r proof of relevant facts, ask ~yques.:. questIOns or t" h I 1 '; ." ./." t t o' f . oyderPl'oduc- I?n e r ..' les, In an~ ~orm,. a . any IDle,. 0 .any tlon. WItness, 01.' (.'the partIes, abputany fact relevant or irrelevant; '.' i~d Jllay order. theproductio:n. . of any docunient or ~hj~.j: and neither the parties nor their' agents shall be entitled to make any objection to 'any such question or order, nor, without the leave of the' Court, to cross-examine any witness upon any answer given in reply to any such question: ; . /,. ProVidedthat the judgment must be based. upon facts declared ~y this Act. .to be "relevant, and duly.... . ~ . provea. ,:.' .. . . Provided also that this section' shall not;authorize. any Judge to compel any witness t6 an~wer any' question, or to produce any document which such witness .would be entitled. to refuse to answer or produ(1~ under sections. one hundred. and,twenty- . one to ':qU,e hundred and thirty -one both jnclusive,. if the .1..,.' J:!luestion 'Were asked or. the Q.ocument were C~.lledfor by' the adverse party; nor shall the .Judge ask any question which it w:oul~ be' 'improDer . . ~ .. 72 , I ., ,. . ~ .i .~ 1872.J , E1,idelWP. " r"r- - ,j - , ' , improper for,any other person to ask under sections, one hundred aA4' forty-:eight or one' hundred and: forty-nine; no],' sha,ll, he dispense witll primary, ' evidence of any'document; except in the cases here.. inbefore excepted. -,-