EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 129B
Person may be examined without subpoena or other process
EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 129B
Person may be examined without subpoena or other process
129B Person may be examined without subpoena or other process
(1) A court
may order a person who is present at the hearing of a proceeding and
compellable to give evidence in the proceeding to give evidence or to produce
a document or thing even if a subpoena or other process requiring the person
to attend for that purpose has not been duly served on the person.
(2) If
ordered to give evidence or to produce a document or thing, the person is
subject to the same penalties and liabilities as if the person had been duly
served with a subpoena or other process.
