Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 No. 156 of 1976 - SECT 46

46. The Court or a Judge may, for the purposes of any proceeding before it or
him-

   (a)  order the examination of a person upon oath before the Court, a Judge,
        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 to take the testimony on oath of a person,
        and the Court or a Judge may-

   (c)  by the same or a subsequent order, give any necessary directions
        concerning the time, place and manner of the examination; and

   (d)  empower any party to the proceeding to give in evidence in the
        proceeding the testimony so taken on such terms (if any) as the Court
        or Judge directs.