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Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
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#### 109C Issue of subpoenas
109C Issue of subpoenas
> > (1) The Children’s Court or a Registrar, if requested to do so by a party to proceedings before it, may, subject to and in accordance with the rules, issue to a person named in the subpoena any of the following subpoenas—
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> > > (a) a subpoena to give evidence,
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> > > (b) a subpoena for production,
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> > > (c) a subpoena both to give evidence and for production.
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> > (2) A subpoena to give evidence and a subpoena for production may be issued to the same person in the same proceedings.
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> > (3) A party may require a subpoena for production to be returnable—
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> > > (a) on any day on which the proceedings are listed before the Children’s Court, or any day not more than 21 days before any such day, or
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> > > (b) with the leave of the Children’s Court, on any other day.
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> **s 109C:** Ins 2005 No 93, Sch 1 \[8\]. Am 2025 No 61, Sch 3.3\[4\].