Commonwealth Numbered Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1995 No. 2 of 1995 - SECT 31

31. (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