Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
(i) Reciprocal arrangements have been made between India and Japan for the execution of letters of requests as well as for service of legal processes. They have to be forwarded through the High Court and State Government to the Government of India. The Government will forward them direct to the Indian Embassy at Tokyo. (ii) Adequate sums for expenses must be recovered under rule 15 of Order XXVI, Civil Procedure Code, and deposited in the treasury before the letter is forwarded to the High Court and the covering letter should state the amount deposited. The Government of India have guaranteed to Japan the cost involved in the execution of letters of request. A translation of all documents into Japanese should be sent with the papers. The documents should be drawn up separately for each of the Japanese Courts in whose jurisdiction witnesses reside and detailed particulars as to name, nationality and residence of the witnesses are insisted on.