Evidence Act 2011
36Person may be examined without subpoena or other
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36 Person may be examined without subpoena or other process (1) The court may order a person who— (a) is present at the hearing of a proceeding; and (b) is compellable to give evidence in the proceeding; to give evidence and to produce documents or things even if a subpoena or other process requiring the person to attend for that purpose has not been served on the person.
Division 2.1.4 Examination-in-chief and re-examination (2) A person ordered to give evidence or to produce documents or things is subject to the same penalties and liabilities as if the person had been served with a subpoena or other process. (3) A party who inspects a document or thing produced to the court because of subsection (1) need not use the document in evidence. Division 2.1.4 Examination-in-chief and re-examination