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Evidence Act 1939
49WPowers of interstate entity
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49W Powers of interstate entity
(1) The interstate entity may, for the purposes of the proceeding,
exercise in the Territory, in connection with taking evidence or
receiving submissions by audiovisual link or audio link, any of its
powers, except its powers:
(a) to punish for contempt; and
(b) to enforce or execute its judgments or process.
(2) The laws of the participating State (including rules of court) that
apply to the proceeding in that State also apply, by force of this
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subsection, to the practice and procedure of the interstate entity in
taking evidence or receiving submissions, by audiovisual link or
audio link from a person in the Territory.
(3) For the purposes of the interstate entity exercising its powers, the
place in the Territory where evidence is given or submissions are
made is taken to be part of the place where the entity is sitting.