Victorian Current Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 2008 - SECT 15

    (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.