Section 1401. Proceeding to compel production of will Whenever it shall appear to the court, sua sponte, or by the petition of a person authorized under the succeeding section of this act to present a petition for the probate of a will, that there is reasonable ground to believe that any person has knowledge of the whereabouts or destruction of a will of a decedent the court may make an order requiring the person or persons named therein to attend and be examined in the premises

Service  of  the order must be made by delivery of a
  certified copy thereof to the person or  persons  named  therein  either
  personally  or  in  such manner as the court shall direct. The court may
  either  in  the  order  or  otherwise  in  the  proceeding  require  the
  production  and  filing  in  court  of any will of the decedent which it
  finds is in the possession or under the control of the  respondent.  The
  court may impose the reasonable attorneys fees of the petitioner in such
  a  proceeding  against  a  respondent  when  the  court  determines  the
  respondent did not have good cause to withhold production of  such  will
  or codicil.