Section 34 — Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth)

The 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.

Related sections

• s 32 — Costs
• s 33 — Adjournment, amendment of process and extension and abridgment of times
• s 33A — Alteration of dates relating to statements of affairs and debtor’s petitions
• s 34A — Standard of proof
• s 35 — Jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) in bankruptcy where trustee is a party to property settlement or spousal maintenance proceedings etc.
• s 35A — Transfer of proceedings to Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1)

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