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EVIDENCE ACT 2001 - SECT 16 Competence and compellability: judges and jurors

EVIDENCE ACT 2001 - SECT 16

Competence and compellability: judges and jurors

(1)  Subject to subsection (2) , a person who is a judge or juror in a proceeding is not competent to give evidence in that proceeding.
(2)  A juror in a proceeding is competent to give evidence in the proceeding about matters affecting the conduct of the proceeding.
(3)  A person who is or was a judge in an Australian or overseas proceeding is not compellable to give evidence about that proceeding unless the court gives leave.