Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 - SECT 33

Protection of legal practitioners and witnesses

33. Protection of legal practitioners and witnesses



(1) A legal practitioner representing a witness at an examination or a legal
practitioner assisting the Chief Examiner in the examination, has the same
protection and immunity as a legal practitioner has in representing a party in
proceedings in the Supreme Court.

(2) A person appearing as a witness at an examination before the Chief
Examiner has the same protection and immunity as a witness has in proceedings
in the Supreme Court.