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This legislation has been repealed.

EVIDENCE ACT 1971 (REPEALED) - SECT 59

Scandalous and insulting questions

    (1)     A court may disallow a question that, in the opinion of the court, is indecent or scandalous unless the question relates to a fact in issue in the proceeding or to matters necessary to be known to determine an issue of fact in the proceeding.

    (2)     A court may disallow a question that, in the opinion of the court, is intended only to insult or annoy or is needlessly offensive in form.



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