77GOrders and commissions for examination of witnesses

#### 77G Orders and commissions for examination of witnesses The High Court may, in any cause pending in the Court and at any stage of the proceedings: (a) order the examination of a person upon oath orally or on interrogatories before the Court, an officer of the Court or another person at any place within Australia; or (b) order that a commission issue to a person, either within or beyond Australia, authorizing him or her to take the testimony upon oath of a person orally or on interrogatories; and the Court may: (c) by the same or a subsequent order give any necessary directions concerning the time, place and manner of the examination; and (d) empower any party to the cause to give in evidence in the cause the testimony so taken on such terms (if any) as the Court directs.