(705 ILCS 505/9) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.9)
Sec. 9.
The court may:
A. Establish rules for its government and for the regulation of
practice therein; appoint commissioners to assist the court in such
manner as it directs and discharge them at will; and exercise such
powers as are necessary to carry into effect the powers granted in this
Section. Any Commissioner appointed shall be an attorney licensed to
practice law in the State of Illinois. The rules established hereunder
shall not be waived, and
any extension of time authorized by such rules shall only be
allowed on motion duly filed within the time limitation for which
the extension is requested.
B. Issue subpoenas through the Chief Justice or one of its judges or
commissioners to require the attendance of witnesses for the
purpose of testifying before it, or before any judge of the court, or
before any notary public, or any of its commissioners, and to require
the production of any books, records, papers or documents that may be
material or relevant as evidence in any matter pending before it. In
case any person refuses to comply with any subpoena issued in the name
of the chief justice, or one of the judges or commissioners, attested
by the clerk, with
the seal of the court attached, and served upon the person named therein
as a summons in a civil action is served, the circuit court of the
proper county, on application of the party at whose instance the subpoena
was issued, shall compel
obedience by attachment proceedings, as for contempt, as in a case of a
disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena from such court on a
refusal to testify therein.
(Source: P.A. 83-865.)
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