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Judges may receive Affidavits in Evidence.
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XXXIV. Provided always, That the said Court or Judge thereof may, where they or he think fit, receive in Evidence Affidavits; and such Affidavits may be made before any Person empowered to take Affidavits which may be received in Evidence in the Court of Chancery in Ireland, or where they think fit the said Court may, by Order under the Seal thereof, appoint and authorize any Person, either generally or in a particular Matter, to take Affidavits or examine any Witness or Witnesses who shall attend before such Person to be examined in Ireland or elsewhere, in relation to any Application to or Matter pending before the said Court, and to administer Oaths, Affirmations, or Declarations for the Purposes of such Examination; but the Deponent in every such Affidavit shall, on the Application of any other Party interested in the Facts deposed to, be subject to be cross-examined by or on behalf of such other Party orally in open Court, or before any Person appointed to take such Examination, and after such Cross-examination may be re-examined orally in open Court or before such Person appointed as before said.
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