Power of magistrate or eligible Judge to send for witnesses and documents
4 Power of magistrate or eligible Judge to send for witnesses and documents
A magistrate or an eligible Judge who is performing functions under the Act may issue a summons in accordance with Form 1 requiring a person named in the summons to attend as a witness before the magistrate in connection with the performance by the magistrate or Judge of those functions and there to give evidence, answer questions and produce to the magistrate or Judge such documents and other articles in the person’s custody or control as are referred to in the summons.
Service on a person of a summons under this regulation may be effected in any State or Territory and shall be effected by delivering a copy of the summons to the person personally and, at the same time, showing the summons to the person.
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