Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Evidence Act 2008 - SECT 36

Person may be examined without subpoena or other process

36. Person may be examined without subpoena or other process



(1) The court may order a person who-

   (a)  is present at the hearing of a proceeding; and

   (b)  is compellable to give evidence in the proceeding-

to give evidence and to produce documents or things even if a subpoena or
other process requiring the person to attend for that purpose has not been
duly served on the person.

(2) A person so ordered to give evidence or to produce documents or things is
subject to the same penalties and liabilities as if the person had been duly
served with such a subpoena or other process.

(3) A party who inspects a document or thing produced to the court because of
subsection (1) need not use the document in evidence.





Division 4-Examination in chief and re-examination