Person appointed by foreign authority may take evidence and administer oaths
111A. Person appointed by foreign authority may take evidence and administer
oaths
(1) Where an authority desires to take or receive evidence in Victoria that
authority may appoint a person to take or receive evidence in Victoria who
shall subject to subsection (2) have power to take or receive evidence in
Victoria for that authority and for that purpose to administer an oath.
(2) Where the authority is not a court or judge a person so appointed shall
not have power to take or receive evidence or administer an oath in Victoria
unless he has first obtained the consent of the Attorney-General.
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(4) In this section authority means any court judge person or body which is
authorized under the law of a place outside Victoria to take or receive
evidence on oath in that place.
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