This legislation has been repealed.
The Board may order
that the evidence of witnesses who are resident more than 20 miles from the
place of the sitting of the Board be taken before a Resident or Stipendiary
Magistrate, or if the witness is outside the State of Western Australia,
before a person holding a position as nearly as possible equivalent to that of
a Resident Magistrate. The person before whom the evidence is taken shall as
soon as possible transmit a copy of the evidence of the witness to the
chairman of the Board who shall supply a copy of the evidence to the
Commission and to the appellant.