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EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 31

Witnesses who cannot hear adequately or speak adequately

  (1)   A witness who cannot hear adequately may be questioned in any appropriate way.

  (2)   A witness who cannot speak adequately may give evidence by any appropriate means.

  (3)   The court may give directions concerning either or both of the following:

  (a)   the way in which a witness may be questioned under subsection   ( 1);

  (b)   the means by which a witness may give evidence under subsection   ( 2).

  (4)   This section does not affect the right of a witness to whom this section applies to give evidence about a fact through an interpreter under section   30.


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