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Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
36Person may be examined without subpoena or other process
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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 duly served on the person.
(2) A person so ordered to give evidence or to produce documents or
things is subject to the same penalties and liabilities as if the person
had been duly served with such 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.