Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) On the hearing of any matter, evidence may be given by affidavit of the service of any document incidental to the proceedings in the matter or of the signature of a party to the matter, or of his solicitor, to such a document.
(2) On or before the hearing of a civil matter, the Court or a Judge may, for sufficient reason, order that all or a part of the evidence in the matter, being evidence that but for the order would be required to be given orally in open court, may be given by affidavit.
(3) An order under the last preceding subsection may be made subject to such conditions as the Court or Judge thinks just.
(4) The conditions referred to in the last preceding subsection may include a condition that copies of an affidavit by which any evidence is given be served on a party or parties to the matter and a condition that a person whose evidence is given by affidavit attend at the hearing for cross examination.