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.