Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsThe Court may, for the purposes of any proceeding before it:
(a) order the examination upon oath of a person before an officer of the Court or other person, at any place within Australia; or
(b) order that a commission issue to a person either within or beyond Australia authorizing him or her to take the testimony of a person upon oath;
and may:
(c) by the same or a subsequent order, give any necessary directions concerning the time, place and manner of the examination; and
(d) admit in evidence, saving all just exceptions, the testimony obtained at the examination or in pursuance of the commission.