Appointment by interstate or overseas court or body to take or receive evidence
13 Appointment by interstate or overseas court or body to take or receive evidence
If a judicial officer, a person acting judicially or a person who, or court or body that, is authorised under the law of a jurisdiction outside Victoria to take or receive evidence on oath or affirmation in that jurisdiction appoints a person to take or receive evidence in Victoria—
if the person appointed is a court, a judicial officer or a person acting judicially, that person has the power to take or receive that evidence; or
in any other case, that person only has the power to take or receive the evidence if the person has first obtained the consent of the Attorney-General.
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