PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE FOR THE FUTURE

Section 1
If there is a risk that evidence concerning a circumstance of importance to a person's legal rights may be lost or difficult to obtain and no trial concerning the rights is pending, a district court may take and preserve for the future evidence in the form of witness examination, expert opinion, view, or written evidence. However, evidence may not be taken pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of investigating an offence.

Section 2
Anyone desiring to take and preserve evidence for the future shall apply to the court.
The application shall state the fact expected to be established by the evidence, the nature of the evidence, the grounds claimed by the applicant in support of the proposed taking of evidence and, if possible, the other persons whose interest may be at stake.

Section 3
The provisions on taking of evidence outside main hearing shall correspondingly apply to the preservation of evidence for the future; if, however, in addition to the legal right of the applicant, the rights of another person can depend on the taking of evidence, a notice to appear need not be given to such person in the absence of special reason. No person is obliged to appear as a witness or an expert for the purpose of preserving evidence in a court other than the one for