DEPOSITIONS FOR USE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY

(a) A person desiring to take the deposition of a witness who resides or may be found within the District for use in a judicial proceeding pending in a foreign country may apply ex parte to the Court for an appropriate order. If the deposition is to be taken upon written interrogatories, a copy of the interrogatories shall be annexed to the application. If the court of the foreign country has appointed a person to take the deposition, the order shall designate that person commissioner unless there be good cause for withholding such designation. If no such appointment has been made and designation of a commissioner is requested, the order shall designate a person authorized to administer oaths by the laws of the United States or of the State of New Jersey.

(b) The entry of such an order is sufficient authorization for the issuance by the Clerk of subpoenas for the persons named or described therein. Wherever applicable, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including provisions for punishment of contempt for disobeying a subpoena, shall govern the taking of such depositions.