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### 500C Disposal of documents and things produced
> [*\[Rule 500C Inserted by S.R. 2004, No. 56, Applied:21 Jul 2004\]*](/view/html/inforce/2004-07-21/sr-2004-056#GS20@EN) [*\[Rule 500C Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2005, No. 71, Applied:29 Jun 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-06-29/sr-2005-071#GS11@Hpa@EN) [*\[Rule 500C Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2005, No. 71, Applied:29 Jun 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-06-29/sr-2005-071#GS11@Hpb@EN) [*\[Rule 500C Subrule (3) amended by S.R. 2005, No. 71, Applied:29 Jun 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-06-29/sr-2005-071#GS11@Hpd@EN) [*\[Rule 500C Subrule (3) amended by S.R. 2005, No. 71, Applied:29 Jun 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-06-29/sr-2005-071#GS11@Hpc@EN) [*\[Rule 500C Subrule (3) omitted by S.R. 2007, No. 23, Applied:02 May 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-05-02/sr-2007-023#GS11@EN) [*\[Rule 500C Subrule (3) inserted by S.R. 2010, No. 57, Applied:30 Jun 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-06-30/sr-2010-057#GS8@EN) [*\[Rule 500C Subrule (4) omitted by S.R. 2007, No. 23, Applied:02 May 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-05-02/sr-2007-023#GS11@EN) [*\[Rule 500C Subrule (4) inserted by S.R. 2010, No. 57, Applied:30 Jun 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-06-30/sr-2010-057#GS8@EN) [*\[Rule 500C Subrule (5) inserted by S.R. 2010, No. 57, Applied:30 Jun 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-06-30/sr-2010-057#GS8@EN) [*\[Rule 500C Subrule (6) inserted by S.R. 2010, No. 57, Applied:30 Jun 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-06-30/sr-2010-057#GS8@EN) [*\[Rule 500C Substituted by S.R. 2022, No. 80, Applied:26 Oct 2022\]*](/view/html/inforce/2022-10-26/sr-2022-080#GS4@EN)
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> > (1) The Registrar may, in the Registrar’s discretion, return to the addressee any document or thing produced in response to a subpoena.
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> > (2) The Registrar must not return any document or thing under subrule (1) unless the Registrar has given to the issuing party at least 14 days’ notice of the intention to do so and that period has expired.
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> > (3) The addressee must complete the declaration within the subpoena, or copy of the subpoena, that accompanies the documents produced to the court under the subpoena.
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> > (4) The Registrar may, on the expiry of 4 months after the conclusion of the proceeding, cause to be destroyed all the documents produced in the proceeding in compliance with a subpoena that were not declared by the addressee to be original documents or things, and are no longer required in connection with the proceeding, including on any appeal.