Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) The addressee shall comply with the subpoena under this Order by producing the document to the Prothonotary by delivering or sending it and, if sent, the document shall be sent so that the Prothonotary receives it on or before the day specified in the subpoena.
Rule 42A.05(2) substituted by S.R. No. 125/2017 rule 5.
(2) Unless a subpoena specifically requires the production of the original, the addressee may produce a copy of any document required to be produced by the subpoena.
Rule 42A.05(3) inserted by S.R. No. 125/2017 rule 5.
(3) The copy of a document may be—
(a) a photocopy;
(b) in an electronic form in any of the following electronic formats—
(i) .doc and .docx—Microsoft Word documents;
(ii) .pdf—Adobe Acrobat documents;
(iii) .xls and .xlsx—Microsoft Excel spreadsheets;
(iv) .jpg—image files;
(v) .rtf—rich text format;
(vi) .gif—graphics interchange format;
(vii) .tif—tagged image format;
(viii) any other format agreed with the issuing party; or
(c) in any other appropriate form.
Rule 42A.05(4) inserted by S.R. No. 125/2017 rule 5.
(4) Even where a subpoena specifically requires the production of the original, the addressee may, with the consent of the issuing party, produce a copy, instead of the original, of the document required to be produced.