EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 31
Deaf and mute witnesses
EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 31
Deaf and mute witnesses
31 Deaf and mute witnesses
(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.
