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Orders and commissions for examination of witnesses

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Part IIICourts
Division 2Jurisdiction and powers of courts in bankruptcy

34 Orders and commissions for examination of witnesses

The Court may, for the purposes of any proceeding before it:

(a)

order the examination upon oath of a person before an officer of the Court or other person, at any place within Australia; or

(b)

order that a commission issue to a person either within or beyond Australia authorizing him or her to take the testimony of a person upon oath;

and may:

(c)

by the same or a subsequent order, give any necessary directions concerning the time, place and manner of the examination; and

(d)

admit in evidence, saving all just exceptions, the testimony obtained at the examination or in pursuance of the commission.

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