(1)  The Registrar must, on application by the prosecutor, an accused person, an applicant, a respondent to an application or any other person who is a party to a criminal proceeding, and whether or not a preliminary notice has been issued, cause a final notice in the prescribed form to be issued to an intended witness requiring him or her to attend in a criminal proceeding to give evidence and to produce such documents, articles or things as may be specified in the notice.

(2)  A final notice is to include a statement specifying –

(a) the date, time and place at which the intended witness is required to attend; and

(b) the penalties to which the intended witness may be subject on failure to comply with the notice –

and is to be served by, or at the behest of, the person who applied for it as soon as practicable after it has been issued.