DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 (NO 34 OF 2007) - SECT 114 Cross-examination by unrepresented defendant
DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 (NO 34 OF 2007) - SECT 114
Cross-examination by unrepresented defendant(1) This section applies if the defendant is not represented by a legal practitioner.
(2) The Court may make an order that the defendant may only put a question to a person (the witness ) who is in a domestic relationship with the defendant in the way provided by subsection (3).
(3) A question is put to the witness as follows:
(a) the defendant must state the question to the Court or another person authorised by the Court;
(b) the Court or authorised person must repeat the question accurately to the person.
(4) The Court may make the order on its own initiative or on application by a party to the proceeding.
(5) This section applies despite another law of the Territory.