Subpoenas
A subpoena is an order requiring a person or organisation (the addressee) to produce a document or thing (subpoena to produce).
A subpoena may also order the addressee to attend to give evidence (subpoena to attend to give evidence).
An addressee may be subpoenaed to attend to give evidence at a specified date and time, or to produce documents or things to the Court by a specific date.
Subpoenas to attend to give evidence or to produce documents or things must be in the correct form prescribed by the Rules of the Court.
For more information see:
- Order 36B of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1971
- Part 5BA of the District Court Rules 2005
- Civil Practice Directions and Practice Notes.
From 15 January 2024
Parties may file subpoenas through the Electronic Case Management System. This is via the eCourts Portal website.
If you have received a subpoena to produce issued by the Court, you may produce the document or thing also via the eCourts Portal.
The below videos provide instructions on how to file subpoenas or produce documents.
Forms
- FC 3A - Acknowledgment - Copy (Word)
- Form 2 - Notice to Witness (Word)
- Form 2 - Notice to Witness (PDF)
- FC 3A - Acknowledgment - Copy (PDF)
- FC 3B - Request and Undertaking - Remove (Word)
- FC 3B - Request and Undertaking - Remove (PDF)
- Form 4A - Subpoena to give evidence (Word)
- Form 4A - Subpoena to give evidence (PDF)
- Form 4B - Subpoena notice - evidence (Word)
- Form 4B - Subpoena notice - evidence (PDF)
- Form 4C - Subpoena to produce documents (Word)
- Form 4C - Subpoena to produce documents (PDF)
- Form 4D - Subpoena notice and declaration - health professionals and hospital (Word)
- Form 4D - Subpoena notice and declaration - health professionals and hospital (PDF)
- Form 4E - Subpoena notice and declaration (Word)
- Form 4E - Subpoena notice and declaration (PDF)
Videos
Lodging a Subpoena Acknowledgment
Viewing Subpoenaed Items
Uploading Requested Items
Last updated: 3-Sep-2025
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