EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 106O
EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 106O
106O . Court may order that s. 106N does not apply
(1) Where any Schedule
7 proceeding has been commenced in a court the prosecutor may apply to a judge
of that court for an order that section 106N does not apply to those
proceedings.
(2) A judge who hears
an application under subsection (1) may grant the application if it is shown
to the judge’s satisfaction that the affected child is able and wishes
to give evidence in the presence of the accused in the courtroom or other room
in which the proceedings are being held.
(3) An order under
subsection (2) may be varied or revoked.
[Section 106O inserted: No. 36 of 1992 s. 8;
amended: No. 2 of 2008 s. 52.]