Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The hearing of all
proceedings in a warden’s court shall be in open court, at the time and
place appointed therefor, and all evidence shall be taken on oath, for which
purpose a warden, the mining registrar or other person acting as the clerk of
the warden’s court is empowered to administer an oath.
(2) Where a
warden’s court, for any reason cannot be held at the time and place so
appointed, the warden or in his place the mining registrar, may adjourn it to
such time and place as the warden or the mining registrar, as the case may be,
appoints.
(3) A warden’s
court at any time may adjourn the hearing of any proceedings in such manner
and upon such terms as to costs or otherwise, as the court thinks fit.
(4) A warden’s
court may, of its own motion, at any time during the hearing of any
proceedings in the warden’s court, call any expert witness to give
evidence in relation to any technical matter arising in the course of those
proceedings, but before doing so it shall give to each party to the
proceedings reasonable notice of its intention so to do.
[Section 138 amended: No. 39 of 2004 s. 74.]