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EVIDENCE ACT - SECT 20A

Power to require a person present at proceeding to give evidence or produce evidentiary material

    (1)     A Court may require a person who is within the precincts of the Court, and who is competent and compellable to give evidence in a proceeding before the Court, to give evidence in the proceeding.

    (2)     A Court may require a person who is within the precincts of the Court, and who has evidentiary material in his or her possession or power relevant to a proceeding before the Court, to produce the evidentiary material to the Court or an officer of the Court.

    (3)     A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement under this section is guilty of a contempt of the Court.



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