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(1) The Court, may on the application of any party to an arbitration, order the attendance before any arbitrator or umpire, of a witness wherever he may be within Ghana; or that a prisoner be brought for examination before any arbitrator or umpire; but no person shall be compelled to produce any document which he could not be compelled to produce on the trial of an action in the High Court.

(2) The Court shall have for the purpose of and in relation to a reference, the same power as it has in relation to an action to make orders in respect of-

(a) security for costs;

(b) discovery of documents and interrogatories;

(c) the giving of evidence by affidavit;

(d) examination on oath of any witness before an officer of the Court or any other person, and the issue of a Commission or request for the examination of a witness out of the jurisdiction;

(e) the preservation, interim custody or sale of any goods which are the subject matter of the reference;

(f) securing the amount in dispute in the reference;

(g) the detention, preservation or inspection of any property or thing which is the subject of the reference or as to which any question may arise therein, and authorising for any of those purposes any persons to enter upon or into any land or building in the possession of any party to the reference, or authorising any samples to be taken or any observation to be made or experiment to be tried which may be necessary or expedient for the purpose of obtaining full information or evidence; and

(h) interim injunctions or the appointment of a receiver.

(3) This section is without prejudice to any power which may be vested in an arbitrator or umpire to make orders with respect to any matter.