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Criminal Procedure Act 1986
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#### 222 Issue of subpoenas
222 Issue of subpoenas
> > (1) A registrar, if requested to do so by a party to proceedings, is, subject to and in accordance with the rules, to issue to the person named 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) If the prosecutor in proceedings is a public officer or a police officer, the officer may, subject to and in accordance with the rules, issue any such subpoena. The subpoena is to be filed and served in accordance with the rules.
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> > (2A) A police officer may issue a subpoena under subsection (2) on behalf of a public officer.
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> > (3) 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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> > (4) 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 a court, or any day not more than 21 days before any such day, or
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> > > (b) with the leave of the court or a registrar, on any other day.
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> **s 222:** Ins 2001 No 119, Sch 1 \[82\]. Am 2004 No 68, Sch 6 \[6\]; 2008 No 107, Sch 7 \[3\]; 2018 No 87, Sch 1.15 \[3\].