EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 27

EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 27

27 .         Prohibited questions not to be published

        (1)         It shall not be lawful for any person to print or publish any question or inquiry which the court —

            (a)         has, under the provisions of the last preceding section, disallowed and has ordered shall not be published; or

            (b)         has informed the witness he is not obliged to answer and has ordered shall not be published.

        (2)         Every person who prints or publishes any question in breach of this section commits a contempt of court, and shall be liable to punishment for such contempt as if the contempt had been committed in face of the court against which the contempt is committed and on the like proceedings as in such, last-mentioned case.

        [Section 27 amended: No. 46 of 2004 s. 12.]

Manner of giving evidence

        [Heading inserted: No. 71 of 2000 s. 6.]