STALKING INTERVENTION ORDERS ACT 2008 (NO. 68 OF 2008) - SECT 20 Rules of evidence not to apply in certain cases

STALKING INTERVENTION ORDERS ACT 2008 (NO. 68 OF 2008) - SECT 20

    (1)     This section applies to—

        (a)     a hearing of an application for an intervention order if the affected person is a child; or

        (b)     a hearing of an application for an interim order if the applicant is a person other than the affected person.

    (2)         The court—

        (a)     may     inform itself on a matter in such manner as it thinks fit, despite any rules of evidence to the contrary; and

        (b)     is not required to receive evidence from the affected person before making the order concerned.

    (3)     If a hearing referred to in subsection (1)(a) relates to an application made in respect of more than one affected person, subsection (2) applies only in relation to the affected persons who are children.