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EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 15

Compellability: Sovereign and others

  (1)   None of the following is compellable to give evidence:

  (a)   the Sovereign;

  (b)   the Governor - General;

  (c)   the Governor of a State;

  (d)   the Administrator of a Territory;

  (e)   a foreign sovereign or the Head of State of a foreign country.

  (2)   A member of a House of an Australian Parliament is not compellable to give evidence if the member would, if compelled to give evidence, be prevented from attending:

  (a)   a sitting of that House or a joint sitting of that Parliament; or

  (b)   a meeting of a committee of that House or that Parliament, being a committee of which he or she is a member.


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