The Evidence by Commission Act 1859
WHEREAS it is expedient that Facilities be afforded for taking Evidence in or in relation to Actions, Suits, and Proceedings pending before Tribunals in Her Majesty's Dominions in Places in such Dominions out of the Jurisdiction of such Tribunals: Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: