26BAppointee of foreign authority may, in certain circumstances, administer oath

26B Appointee of foreign authority may, in certain circumstances, administer oath

26B Appointee of foreign authority may, in certain circumstances, administer oath

(1) In this section foreign authority means a court, judge, person or body authorised by the law of a place outside New South Wales to take or receive evidence in that place.

(2) For the purpose of proceedings (other than criminal proceedings) before a foreign authority, the foreign authority, or a person authorised by the foreign authority to take and receive evidence in New South Wales, may administer an oath to a person in New South Wales for the purpose of taking and receiving that evidence subject, in the case of a foreign authority that is not a court or judge, to the consent of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court being first obtained.

s 26B: Ins 1973 No 10, sec 3 (d).