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SERVICE AND EXECUTION OF PROCESS ACT 1992 - SECT 57

Order for leave

  (1)   A court of a State in which a subpoena is issued may give leave to serve the subpoena outside the State.

  (2)   The court may give leave only if it is satisfied that:

  (a)   the giving of the evidence likely to be given by the person to whom the subpoena is addressed, or the production of a document or thing specified in the subpoena, is necessary in the interests of justice; and

  (b)   there will be enough time for the person:

  (i)   to comply with the subpoena without hardship or serious inconvenience; and

  (ii)   to make an application under section   61.

  (3)   In granting an application under this section, the court:

  (a)   is to impose a condition that the subpoena not be served after a specified day; and

  (b)   may impose other conditions.

  (4)   In this section:

"court" means:

  (a)   in any case--a person who:

  (i)   is a magistrate or judge; and

  (ii)   is a member of, or constitutes, the tribunal that issued the subpoena; or

  (b)   if the subject matter of the proceeding to which the subpoena relates has a monetary value or concerns a claim for payment of money:

  (i)   the court that would have jurisdiction to the extent of that monetary value or the amount claimed; or

  (ii)   where there is more than one such court--the court of more limited jurisdiction; or

  (c)   if the subject matter of the proceeding does not have a monetary value and does not concern a claim for payment of money--a judge of any court, or a magistrate, of the place of issue of the subpoena.



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