INTERPRETATION ACT 1987 - SECT 79 Authority to administer oaths

INTERPRETATION ACT 1987 - SECT 79

79 Authority to administer oaths

Any person or body authorised by law, or by consent of parties, to conduct a hearing for the purpose of the determination (by that or any other person or body) of any matter or thing shall have authority--

(a) to receive evidence, and

(b) to examine witnesses, and to administer oaths to witnesses, who have been lawfully called before that person or body.