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EVIDENCE ACT 1995 No. 2 of 1995 - SECT 15

Compellability: Sovereign and others
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. 


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