EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 106F
EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 106F
106F . Child witness may be given assistance
(1) Where a child is
to give evidence in any proceeding in a court, the court may appoint a person
that it considers suitable and competent to act as a communicator for the
child.
(2) The function of a
person appointed under this section is, if requested by the judge, to
communicate and explain —
(a) to
the child questions put to the child; and
(b) to
the court, the evidence given by the child.
(3) A person appointed
under this section is to take an oath or make a declaration, in such form as
the court thinks fit, that he or she will faithfully perform his or her
function under subsection (2).
(4) A person appointed
under this section who, while performing or purportedly performing his or her
function under subsection (2), wilfully makes any false or misleading
statement to the child or to the court commits a crime and is liable on
conviction to imprisonment for 5 years.
[Section 106F inserted: No. 36 of 1992 s. 8;
amended: No. 4 of 2004 s. 58; No. 46 of 2004 s. 17; No. 2 of 2008 s. 47.]