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Act index » Chapter 2 - Adducing evidence » Part 2.1 - Witnesses » Division 3 - General rules about giving evidence
36 Person may be examined without subpoena or other process
(1)The court may order a person who— 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.
(a)is present at the hearing of a proceeding; and
(b)is compellable to give evidence in the proceeding—
(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.