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EVIDENCE ACT 2001 - SECT 31 Deaf and mute witnesses

EVIDENCE ACT 2001 - SECT 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 .