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EVIDENCE ACT 2001 - SECT 15 Compellability: Sovereign and others

EVIDENCE ACT 2001 - SECT 15

Compellability: Sovereign and others

(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, if compelled to give evidence, would 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 of which he or she is a member.